I find these types of comments and posts unfair. Redbeacon started a business and worked hard on it for 2.5 years. While they probably had larger ambitions than

I find these types of comments and posts unfair. Redbeacon started a business and worked hard on it for 2.5 years. While they probably had larger ambitions than to be bought by Home Depot, they likely spent a great deal of time thinking about this decision before making it. You ask why they sold and admit that financial reward might play a role. But then you spend the rest of the post basically saying how it was a bad idea because they will be subsumed by this giant corporation. You don't think they heard this exact advice from many of their startup friends/advisors/investors? I'm sure they knew what they were getting themselves into. Doing a startup is super hard and super stressful - most fail. I would hope our community would be more understanding of the decision to be acquired.