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It's a good time to be a founder of a good company. You're probably gonna get approached at some point for somebody to buy you out. If you are not in the spectrum of anything I just mentioned, you're probably gonna go out of business.

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“It's a good time to be a founder of a good company.”

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a lot more vertical integration across companies. It's a good time to be a founder of a good company. You're probably gonna get approached at some point for somebody to buy you out. So I think that that that that's what I think. And if you are not in the spectrum of anything I just mentioned, you're probably gonna go out of business.

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Binary prediction with high stakes ('good time' vs 'go out of business'). The direct addressing of founders makes it personally relevant.

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