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unlinked_dll
on Jan 10, 2020
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I almost sold Baremetrics for $5M
I fucking wish some of the companies I've been at sold to the highest bidder when they had the chance.
Exits are better than layoffs.
tuesday20
on Jan 11, 2020
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There is always a non insignificant chance that exits will be followed by layoffs
unlinked_dll
on Jan 11, 2020
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True, but layoff + severance < layoff + severance + liquidity event
brianwawok
on Jan 11, 2020
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How about cases where due to liquidity preferences, no one but founders get money at the liquidity event? A small exit is often 0 for employees.
unlinked_dll
on Jan 13, 2020
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then you worked at a bad company with a bad outlook and should have been prepping to leave anyway?
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Exits are better than layoffs.