The message on every phone was the acquisition announcement I had finally authorized my buyer to publish. The Denver software company had purchased the expense-and-invoicing platform I built for $950,000, and the release named me as its founder and announced that I would stay on as a product adviser during the transition. I had also posted the news to my professional page using the reunion photo, not to embarrass anyone, but because it was the most recent picture I had of myself with my family. The caption was simple: “Three years of late nights. Five employees who believed in the idea. Today we officially closed.”
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