At the risk of getting slammed by everyone, the evidence goes against starting a company, yet people still do it. The evidence goes against selling to a big co,

At the risk of getting slammed by everyone, the evidence goes against starting a company, yet people still do it. The evidence goes against selling to a big co, yet people still do it to pay back investors and for the founders to release some cash. I know 37 Signals advocate not strapping the VC bomb to your back but once you have, your options are limited and if Yahoo offer the best deal I guess you take it...