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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

The founders sold the two year old company to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. Questionable business model. Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. Unique social networking product.

IPO 162