'Sell now': founder-investor says waiting killed more startups than AI did
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-10-17
- A founder-investor reflects that for four years his advice to every startup that hadn't taken off was simple: sell now, immediately.
- Those who acted found acquisitions (one returned 1.4x to investors plus meaningful founder cash); those who waited mostly wound down.
- AI was the final nail for many pre-AI businesses — 'adding AI' without a real reason to exist was dead on arrival; very few such companies will make it into the post-AI world.
- His conclusion: 'If you're still wondering whether you should sell, the right time was probably yesterday.'
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