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Companies that get an "exit" are mostly designed to do that, including literally every VC funded company. If you're working at a startup, you probably know if i

Companies that get an "exit" are mostly designed to do that, including literally every VC funded company. If you're working at a startup, you probably know if it's one that is being built with the goal of an exit. So, like it or not, if this is what your company is for, it's a win (barring a liquidation or aquihire) so it should be celebrated. Rarely is it the end of an era, it's literally a destiny.

judge2020 4y ago
I mean, there are some that become their own enterprise. I'm sure Elastic would've loved an Amazon exit in 2014 for $1B or so, but now they've got their own acquisitions and ticker NYSE:ESTC, so the VCs got their 'exit' without the company dissolving into another.
- 1270018080 4y ago
  Does an IPO not count as an exit anymore?
  - VGltZUNvbnN1 4y ago
    If the founders still have controlling power is it really an exit? Is facebook not Zuckerbergs company anymore?
    - Cymrukicks 4y ago
      Its and exit but not for the founders for the investors. Thats the goal of everyone putting money in and the term has because bastardised.
leaflets2 4y ago
> should be celebrated If you have stocks yes. Maybe not necessarily, though, if you're their customer? See the recent Heroku threads for example