> I would have rather seen the founder not sell. You're not in his shoes. He has investors that probably pushed him to sell when they all saw that growth had p

> I would have rather seen the founder not sell. You're not in his shoes. He has investors that probably pushed him to sell when they all saw that growth had plateaued. Selling gives the founders and investors all 'wins.' Once they took VC money, their future was either sale, IPO or bankruptcy, so the sale was the logical choice.