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Ep 381 How to Know When to Sell our Business: Inside Nasdaq’s Acquisition of Quandl. Lessons on Timing and Negotiation for Entrepreneurs with Tammer Kamel - Risks of taking VC money, compete with an industry giant, negotiate with a competitor, knowing w

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The Dilemma of Finding a Niche Business That Can Do $500 Million

When we built this alternative data business, it was clear that this thing could make, you know, tens of millions of dollars. And that is a problem for, for VC because you really want, if you want a multi-billion dollar valuation, there's got to be hundreds of millions of revenue either in reality or a pathway there. So the dilemma was, look, we built a good niche business. We didn't go chasing that unicorn. We just kind of stuck to our knitting and, and grew this business as, as best we could. Then of course, eventually we led to an outcome and acquisition,. You know, and.

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