What Nobody Tells You When Selling Your Business
summary
A founder sells PS PDFKit to private equity after almost a year of secret negotiations, handing over a 140‑person company and confronting sudden loss of purpose, burnout and relationship breakdown; early apps once earned ~$50k and legal advice proves decisive — don’t skimp on lawyers. Practical fixes tested include coaching, journaling gratitude, mindfulness and Well Spent with Screen Time API to enforce unitasking; exercises and concrete behavioral tools show measurable improvements rather than vague platitudes.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:03Hobby app to bootstrapped company
- 7:16Decision to sell
- 11:58Burnout and sale process
- 15:10Happiness and hedonic treadmill
- 18:03Money and long-term happiness
- 20:38Life after sale and purpose
- 22:02Tools for fulfillment
- 33:28Summary
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