Just finished a decade long expedition of starting my business, growing it with love & tears to an exit to a venture funded giant in the space, being on their leash for a few years, & getting laid off just this week. AMA why capitalism will self consume. And since I have some time now I can try to articulate what I think will replace it.
Was the exit package worth it? I have had one friend who sold their business to a massive firm for 300 million, and another who essentially got a commemorative pen and a 5 dollar bill. It seems to be a extremely fickle and a complete tossup.
I will just say it was somewhere between those two extremes, lol