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Every business is for sale at the right price :)
by melvinram 16y ago
Every business is for sale at the right price :)
- swombat 16y agoDubious. I imagine you could give Steve Jobs $100 trillion and he still wouldn't sell Apple. What would he do with his life? Buy Apple back?
- karanbhangui 16y agoSelling Apple isn't up to (just) Steve Jobs. That's not how public companies work.
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- gloob 16y agoTrue, but completely missing the point of the comment you're responding to.
- alex_c 16y agoNot exactly - if we're going to have a counter-example, we should have a valid one (e.g. a privately owned company, since it's self-evident that every public company does have its sale price). Maybe Facebook a few years back?
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- aaronbrethorst 16y agoWhy does a price have to be monetary in nature? I'm sure that, were it entirely up to Steve, there is something that would make him sell Apple.
- ojbyrne 16y agoI'd guess a merger that gave him a chance to bury Microsoft might make him sit up and take notice. HP maybe? Their hardware and channels exclusively running Macos would be a juggernaut.
- jacquesm 16y agoI used to agree with you, but ever since Jobs' battle to stay alive and still not handing the reins over to someone else and enjoy the rest of his days spending his dough I find myself agreeing with the GP, it is very well possible that Apple is the thing that Jobs enjoys doing the most in the world, and that he really wouldn't give up his role there and his stock in return for any amount of money. Those that have stood with one leg in the grave are usually pretty aware of the time they spend and how they spend it, I don't see Jobs letting up at all.
- borism 16y agosure, if you gave him second life he might consider it.
- parfe 16y agoPuts that new liver in context.
- DrJokepu 16y agoNormally I don't do "I agree" comments but given how downvoted the parent comment is (-4 at the time of me writing this), I am going to make an exception. Disregarding the technicalities (Mr. Jobs owns only a small part of Apple's shares) the parent has a point in that if you're happy with what you're doing, no, if you love what you're doing and have financial stability already so that you don't need to worry about money, ceteris paribus, you might not want to sell your business. It might not make you any happier or your life any more meaningful. Of course, if you feel like doing something new, then it makes sense.
- jonknee 16y agoHe already sold Apple (IPO). And NeXT. And Pixar.
- loewenskind 16y agoSteve Jobs has already thrown away large fortunes by simply not exercising options he was granted. He apparently has a lifestyle he's happy with. So more pedantic way to say it is: anyone who isn't doing exactly what they want to be doing and living the level of lifestyle they want to be living has a price.
- jonpaul 16y agoI don't know about that... consider Facebook's billion+ dollar offers. Zuckerberg has turned them down. He's stated many of times that's he not in it for the money. Once you reach a certain level of money, e.g. 10 million or so, much more won't be as life changing. So I disagree. Not all businesses are for sale at the 'right' price. What are other's thoughts?
- loewenskind 16y agoZuckerberg likely didn't sell because he hasn't seen a price high enough. He probably thinks the thing is worth much more than he's ever been offered. "Not in it for the money" is hard to believe given all the slimy privacy issues that are still happening even after his supposed transformation.