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"A Sh#tty Goal" - Ben & Jerry’s Founder CALLS OUT Founders Who Sell Their Companies
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- May 29, 2026
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Summary
Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen is calling out entrepreneurs who cash out and sell their companies, saying the money isn’t worth losing your mission. After years of clashes with corporate ownership, Cohen says watching Ben & Jerry’s progressive voice get silenced turned the dream into a fight to take the company back.