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Insight
Cohen: Founders should accept acquisition offers that cross their financial freedom line
“This is why when you get offered some money to sell the company, it's often a good idea to take it. Of course it could be big in the future, but if you haven't crossed over to this life-changing amount of money yet, what I was in that post called the freedom l…”
Jason Cohen Feb 23, 2024 ▶ 17:30 This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
Insight
Cohen: Expected value is the wrong way to evaluate startup acquisition offers
“Now what's interesting with the box game is if you're a statistician or you're an economist, what you would say is there's no difference between the two boxes because the expected value of both box is ten million. So they're the same. And my point is, no, they…”
Jason Cohen Feb 23, 2024 ▶ 17:51 This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
Assertion Supported
Cohen: SmartBear sold for $2B in 2020 at 50% profit margin
“It was sold in 2020 for two billion and it doesn't have a thousand employees. It's super profitable. Like it was publicly said then what the profits were. It's 50% bottom line of profit.”
Jason Cohen Feb 23, 2024 ▶ 1:07 This AI Startup Idea Has 500 Million Customers Waiting For It
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