Bought, Not Sold: Demystifying the Path to Being Acquired
Jeff Wang and Vivek Sedara unpacked how acquisitions unfolded for Windsurf/Cognition and Superhuman/Grammarly, emphasizing that team quality, product fit, brand, user base, and infrastructure create buyer pull. They argued founders should maximize leverage by extending runway, building relationships early, and avoiding distressed sale dynamics.
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