> One other option at this point is to sell the whole business. There are many weird companies preying on tired execs with small-to-medium businesses that hit

> One other option at this point is to sell the whole business. There are many weird companies preying on tired execs with small-to-medium businesses that hit a plateau. Typically those businesses are gutted slowly over a few years after the acquisition so that they bring x times the purchase price ("undertakers of software industry" like CA or ESW etc.).