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		breakfastduck on Jan 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I took my SaaS from idea to sold in 14 months I still dont understand how you could class it as a failure.

seekingcharlie on Jan 6, 2022 [–]

I believe they are saying that if “success” is measured by the sale, then logically, a successful sale would be one where the founder gets back everything they put in plus more. In this case, the founder didn’t - they sold at a loss.

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