http://flaptor.com/blog/twitters-business-model-is-to-sell-the-company_19/

A lot of startups dream of selling the company and retiring quick. Truth be told, this is super risky. Super super risky. By that I mean a lot. I mean Twitter can do it cause they’re actually a viable company (somewhat) but geez people have to start getting it into their heads that big companies actually think before they buy little startups. Perhaps this is why Tipjoy is getting such a bad rap right now, I think they might have planned to sell to someone else…perhaps Paypal or something. Either way, warning duly noted. Don’t use selling the company as a business strategy. It doesn’t really work most of the time…

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