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Assume for a moment that the OP has received an offer for a large amount of cash.

That cash isn't in his bank yet. The offer isn't final until the cash changes hands.

In that position, it seems like a bad idea to try to micromanage the details of the offer. Just take the money before they change their minds.

Who knows what the OP could accomplish next? I do: if the offer falls through, he'll accomplish whatever his current startup is designed to accomplish. In PG's case, that would've been online stores. YCombinator probably wouldn't have existed.



I'm not sure I follow. Are you saying that negotiating is always a bad idea if you would benefit at all from the current offer?




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