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0 pointsrevorad15y ago0 comments

This really does bother me. I understand selling your startup to a big company can give you life-changing money.

But still, where does all that passion with which you "made something people want" disappear? How can you move on and not think about how your users will be screwed?

I'm honestly asking. I haven't seen any "successful" startup person talk about this.

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joshu15y ago

At the time, you can convince yourself that the acquisition is a good idea, it will be good for the product, and the users, and so on.

Realistically, who knows what would have happened? We had a hell of a time getting a Series B together. I might have had to shut it down if not for the acquisition.

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