Why do some start-ups and/or companies want to be acquired as part of their exit strategy?

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I’ve been learning more about start-ups recently and have noticed a lot of them want to be acquired. Why is this? Could they also choose to grow their business?

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Let’s say you start a business and have massive success and you as the owner are making $100k a year profit. That’s awesome!

Suddenly, big daddy Google comes knocking and says “hey, cool thing, we will give you $15 Million dollars for your whole business, today.

Now you have to decide. Do you want $15 million in cash, today, instantly, or do you want to keep the company and bet in your ability to keep making it successful long term. Maybe in 10 years your company is now making millions a year and worth a billion dollars. Or maybe just two years later you fuck up, make a bad business decision, and now the company is out of business.

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