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This is an interesting issue.

If founder(s) get a liquidity event, are they no longer fully committed to making the business successful? Definitely depends on the person.

Also worth a look is where the company is at success-wise. It makes more sense for a successful/profitable company (like Groupon) to give founders a liquidity event than a startup trying to get to breakeven.



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