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So many valuable businesses have been destroyed by investors or founders seeking an early exit. If you are an entrepreneur, think very long and hard before you
by silexia 6y ago
So many valuable businesses have been destroyed by investors or founders seeking an early exit.
If you are an entrepreneur, think very long and hard before you accept any outside money. I have seen so many good businesses forced to sell by investors or a founder who thought they were done, only to regret it later.
- texasbigdata 6y agoFalse choice. Some of those destroyed businesses would have never existed without that very same investor capital
- sizzle 6y agoThey took a $117 million exit and sold their soul to Big Bank. At least Josh doesn't have to worry about budgeting money ever again for the rest of his life despite his vision of bringing this functionality to the financially challenged masses all come crashing down in flames with this announcement. I will never remain a user of a start up that sells their soul to Big Corp because of examples like Simple and being burned in the past so many times, I'm jaded.