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Earnouts delay payouts to paranoid startup founders

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Acquiring a company is terrifying, so acquirers make absolutely sure the founders stay trapped. An earnout is a cynical financial provision where the founders of a business do not get all their funds upfront; instead, they have to hit aggressive future performance metrics while working for the new owners just to unlock the rest of their payout.

Earnouts delay payouts to paranoid startup founders
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