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It doesn't have to be the choice between "sell to profit-hungry buyer's and ditch" and keeping a company forever. Sometimes people just want to do something di
by dewey 3y ago
It doesn't have to be the choice between "sell to profit-hungry buyer's and ditch" and keeping a company forever.
Sometimes people just want to do something different with their time after running their business for a long time and a PE deal is the easiest and most structured way of doing that.
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoSure. But (assuming you'd reached sustainable profitability, as BandCamp reportedly had) you can choose whether you sell to someone who intends to maintain what you've built, or someone who you know will suck it dry for short-term profits.