"It's one of these things that a lot of people don't really talk about. In Silicon Valley, we always talk about IPOs," said Naveen Rao, VP of AI at Databricks and two-time founder, onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Thursday.
"Acquisitions statistically are more likely than IPOs - arguably more successful in many scenarios than IPOs - and certainly something that founders have to kind of mentally and physically prepare for. It's an endurance journey," she said.
"I personally believe that you should build a company and try to make that into a real entity," Rao said. "If something comes along the way, great. If you try to set yourself up to sell the company, it'll always be bent that way, like you're always for sale. And I think the outcome will never be as good."
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