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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 The deal closed only four months later in August of 2012. Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. . - Large market share, limited competition and high barrier to entry. Highly profitable. Unprofitable.

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