<ul><li>The acquirer identifies which founders it wants to keep and offers various incentives to make them stay.</li><li>Incentives for founders to stay can include additional shares, conditional shares for employees, milestone payments, and promotions.</li><li>The sticks to encourage founders to stay may involve reverse vesting, group vesting on retention, and escrows.</li><li>Founders are usually required to stay for 2-4 years to receive their full payout.</li></ul>

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