My take: If you are starting a business which will make a profit from the outset, in which you have complete control: - After a while you may want to do somet

My take: If you are starting a business which will make a profit from the outset, in which you have complete control: - After a while you may want to do something else other than run the business. + A good way of doing this is to sell the business to a public company. - It may take some time to do this depending on the market and size of the business. During which you may not want to be there. + Since the business is making money you don't need to rush the sale. That all sounds pretty good to me. Beyond the mentioned freedom and security, a lot of people start business so that they can be more in control of their own lives. If you start a business with the intention of keeping full control, then you're going to be responsible for the continued control of it.