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Well there likely a world of difference between "working for Yahoo" as an engineer and attempting to run your business (Yelp) within the organization and Yahoo'
by brown9-2 16y ago
Well there likely a world of difference between "working for Yahoo" as an engineer and attempting to run your business (Yelp) within the organization and Yahoo's management structure. If I was management of Yelp, I'd be concerned about the latter, not the former.
- jonhendry 16y agoAfter they buy it, it's not your business anymore.
- brown9-2 16y agoTrue but most entrepreneurs probably don't want to sell their baby to someone who they think will let it die.
- ahoyhere 16y agoThen they shouldn't have starved their baby to begin with, by not coming up with a business model that made them actual money.
- mgkimsal 16y agoThere might be some stipulation in the sale that you'd have to stay on for X months or years. Many people might have not wanted to agree to that.