You're assuming that every entrepreneur wants to build a company. Maybe it was a couple of engineers who were just really passionate about a product that they'l

You're assuming that every entrepreneur wants to build a company. Maybe it was a couple of engineers who were just really passionate about a product that they'll get to continue working on with more resources and a nice cushion. This may be especially true for companies that are not going to be unicorns, but more like my little ponies. If you're capping out at a $50m business in 8 years and someone comes along and offers you $8m today that might be a pretty good deal.