Sold startup for a small amount. Fortune 500 emailed me a few days later requesting a meeting regarding acquisition. Forwarded it to the new owner & went back to my job hunt. FML.
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Was this the marketing automation listing?
Sorry to hear about the unfortunate timing but I think a LOT of us here would be interested to learn about your experience as well as why you sold and the outcome.
Take your money, deposit it in a foreign bank overseas. Tell them you spent it, nothing to worry.
If you sold for a small amount, it was not worth more. Fortune 500 would have noticed during due diligence. Don't regret anything. In a few months, you will know if your buyer became billionaire or totally depressed after knowing another point of view about his acquisition. I bet on the latter. You should do the same and live happy now.
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You should take the meeting with the Fortune 500 and they may have a job for you... building a better version of your past company.
A guy who can build a project that got noticed by fortune 500, i guess you already know what you have to do. Tell the fortune 500 that i already sold it, but i can build another one much better, as you already know what lack in your previous application & only you can beat your own game, because you know your application inside-out.
If they don't agree, say, you buy that shit & play with it, later only to see me with the better version launching in the market. And also you have very great ideas to promote & functional scale up versions of the same Application.
Best of luck! ;)
Hey- You built something that others wanted. congratulations !
do it again