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		blizkreeg on June 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidi... Sells or shuts or goes public. Those are the only three outcomes for a venture backed startup.

rsanek on June 13, 2024 [–]

this used to be the case. now it seems you can stay private forever (see Stripe, Databricks, Canva, Chime)

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