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I would never call pg wrong (especially not on HN ;), but I side with DHH on this one: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1159-you-dont-have-to-sell-your-company-t

by mrshoe 17y ago

I would never call pg wrong (especially not on HN ;), but I side with DHH on this one: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1159-you-dont-have-to-sell-your-company-to-have-financial-security-and-the-freedom-to-do-what-you-want http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1159-you-dont-have-to-sell-yo... I suppose they're both correct in their own ways, but that's a pretty good description of why I'm working on a startup right now.

buugs 17y ago
Whether selling a startup is a good idea or not is really different for each and every startup. Some good ideas would probably be youtube/twitter, some bad ideas would be more along the lines of facebook, skype(especially considering market but you can't go wrong with pricetag so probably better they did). In the end though it comes down to weighing price to what you value. I'm gonna say I must belong to the don't mess up parentheses for smilies group (seriously ;)) I prefer Aliens.