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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. Questionable business model. Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. Their offer was rebuffed and the company went public five years later. Highly profitable. Low barrier to entry.

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