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It’s Not the End: Why Creating an Exit Strategy Sets Your Business Up for Long-Term Success

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Yahoo is one of the best examples of failing to acquire other exiting companies and failing to maximize on their own exit,” Smith recalls. Yahoo refused to buy Google for $1 billion in 1998 and again refused $5 billion in 2002. And sadly, in 2008 Yahoo turned down an offer to be acquired by Microsoft for $44.6 billion.”

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