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Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

Up and Running

.” This is because, when a company decides to sell itself to another company, the buyer will often incorporate or merge the services of that company into their own product or service offerings. This happened when Google bought YouTube, seamlessly integrating the video platform into their own search product.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. Few people have it. I finally called bullshit.