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 Macro Environment That Caused Us to Sell Our Business
In 2018, we'd reached a point where what we were doing, this alternative data idea was, was kind of hot. And all the incumbents bar none of the big incumbents were all spinning up alternative data divisions. So when you have five incumbents realizing that they need to be this in the space and one startup that is kind of way ahead of the curve on this, that's a great environment to try and get it acquired in. But yeah. It was really a mating ritual. It was a flirtation thing where I was really looking for an expression of acquisition interest."
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