Entrepreneurs are always chasing the next milestone. For a while, it’s all about making your first dollar. Then your first million. If you’re lucky — and good — you grow the company to a point where you can consider an exit. Sometimes it’s an IPO. More often it’s an acquisition. It’s exciting to have a large enterprise take interest in your company. But it’s also stressful to go under the microscope of a potential buyer. The hood is up. Now you need to answer some fundamental questions, including the most important: Can your product scale? You’ve always said it can…
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