[coffee]

Not all companies desire to be acquired, even when offered. Not all deals go through, even when desired. We often hear of those that do get acquired, more rarely those that don't - Facebook has notably failed making attempts. Those companies are still going strong. Facebook didn't kill them.

[cutemonster]

What are some of those? Snapchat is one?

I wonder if they have in mind an IPO instead

[coffee]

A quick Goog search will turn up some notable mentions, but yes, Snapchat, Twitter...

[overscore]

Google itself: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/remember-yahoo-turned-down-1-...