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Preston Fore

The founders who cashed out on YouTube, Reddit, and Instagram—and missed out on becoming today's billionaires

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen (Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)

To sell or not to sell.

That’s the major dilemma founders around the world face: Once they’ve started to get big enough to attract the attention of buyers, they face the decision of whether to cash out now, or use the compliment as fuel to go even bigger.

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