"Is this the right time, or is it too early?" Dick Costolo wondered how it is reflected in the latest acquisition offer. He was FeedBurner building with three co-founders for almost four years, and looked at the details of the acquisition offer from Google. He and his co-founders established the previous three companies together, each of which had a more attractive results, but none of them have reached their full potential. The number on the table from Google was great. If the deal is completed, it would be a big win founding team has never been. However, it was the right time to quit? If Costolo do not think so, if he can convince his co-founders, who were all different personal risk profiles? This will be the biggest decision in his life FeedBurner cofounders. "Hide
by Noam Wasserman, Eric Olson J Source: Harvard Business School 17 pages. Publication Date: February 20, 2009. Prod. #: 809089-PDF-ENG
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