Dubin: Viewst Turned Down a $20M Cash-and-Equity Acquisition Offer
Victoria Dubin · She has guts! Turned down $20m offer with $15k in MRR for her Ad Management SaaS · Dec 10, 2022 · at 11:23
Victoria Dubin explains turning down an acquisition offer for her startup Viewst when the company had approximately $10k to $15k in monthly revenue.
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“It's not, it wasn't like 12 twenty million, like cash upfront. So it was partially cash and partially like equity in the new company, like actually unicorn.”
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