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An entire industry of brokers exist to match online business owners with buyers and do these types of transactions regularly.

patio11 has used and spoken highly of FE International (you can see his blog or search HN)

But other brokers like e.g. Quiet Light Brokerage also exist.

It should be noted that these types of transactions have nothing to do with the typical Silicon Valley advice or narratives you'll read about acquihires.

I don't mean to sound trite or dismissive, but the blame should be directed at EU legislators.

If I create another software product I will explicitly and permanently make it unavailable to EU residents.

Enjoyed this, thank you.

Is this something that the new CEO asked for in trying to improve operations?

They're the ones that gave me the example. It's perfect.

You should let the user go through the entire process of creating the page before you ask for money. Then they have the extra desire of wanting their finished thing.

(I started building a site and put in a form, only to be told that was a paid thing. Closed the whole thing and immediately came to write this.)

If you read this and think "luck is all that matters, how can I be successful?" the solution is proactively creating optionality.

Basically giving yourself the chance the get lucky.

Things like: putting your work online, meeting new people, living in a big city, not buying a house, etc.