In the how to sell your company article I wrote at length on the process of how to go about selling your company once you’re ready for that. Which makes it seem as if there is no choice, either you sell your company, or you don’t. Simple as that. But every now and then a founder comes up with the exceedingly clever idea that he or she can have their cake and eat it too: Why not hire someone reliable to run the company, either find a qualified person externally or promote one of the employ...