That's exactly the problem - you often don't plan to sell from the start. Life changes. Kids are born. Health issues emerge. New opportunities arise. If you st

That's exactly the problem - you often don't plan to sell from the start. Life changes. Kids are born. Health issues emerge. New opportunities arise. If you start successful in Germany without the right structure, you're locked in. At least if you plan to sell from day one, you have options (expensive ones). But most bootstrappers just build stuff users want. Then one day they get an interesting acquisition offer... ...and discover they've accidentally built a tax trap that'll cost them millions. No way out at that point.