Good post, glad to see this. I do sometimes tire of seeing nothing but "do this to sell your company in two years for $2 million." Honestly I think that there's a lot to be said for making a great product, executing, making more great products, and growing the company to a much larger size. (Nothing at all wrong with cashing out at $118 million though, if that's really the average for VC-funded startups. Higher than I thought.)