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Ben Chestnut: Mailchimp rejected early buyout offers and outside VC funding
“There were times when I think we could have sold the business early. There were a lot of people, you know, a lot of suitors knocking on the door, a lot of investors knocking on the door. And I think I just sort of had this like stubbornness that I didn't need …”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 28:04 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Mailchimp co-founder Ben Chestnut does not do any angel investing
“I don't invest. I don't do any kind of angel investing.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 21:51 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Mailchimp And Intuit Spent A Full Year On Due Diligence
“We talked for a year, by the way, the whole thing was an entire year of due diligence and sort of courting each other you know, testing the waters here and there.”
Ben Chestnut Dec 12, 2022 ▶ 43:05 Ben Chestnut: Why I Sold MailChimp; How My Kids Found Out I Was a Billionaire | E959 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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