> Founders nowadays think about selling about as much, and in about the same way, as they always have. Is there evidence for this? I get the impression that HP

> Founders nowadays think about selling about as much, and in about the same way, as they always have. Is there evidence for this? I get the impression that HP, IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Sony etc didn't think about exiting as much (of course, selection bias). Though Xerox and Google did try to get bought. I don't think that short-term vs. long-term motivations encourage precisely the same behaviour.