[SQueeeeeL]

Simon Sinek has a really good point in his book "Start With Why" that basically says selling your company is a complete failure, because you basically lose your autonomy and ability to adapt to unique market conditions that let companies be successful in the first place.

[cercatrova]

If you sell your company, presumably you don't care about its future success anymore and now you have a bunch of money with which you can do whatever you want.

[kirso]

Partially yes, your incentives change and skin in the game as well