# Why Building to Sell Is the Wrong Strategy (Lessons from Apple, Oracle, SAP Acquisitions)

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Podcast: [Family Office Podcast: Billionaire & Centimillionaire Interviews & Investor Club Insights](https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-office-podcast-billionaire-centimillionaire-interviews-investor-club-insights-668528)
Published: 2026-06-04T11:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this powerful investor panel clip, a serial entrepreneur with exits to Apple, Oracle, and SAP shares what founders get wrong about building companies for acquisition. After multiple successful exits and a decade at Apple, he explains why chasing a sale too early destroys priorities — and why the best acquisitions happen when you build a real solution first. He also discusses the future of Applied AI, how AI will organize our chaotic digital lives, and why adversity often...

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