The problem that companies like Talenti run into is: a guy starts the company because he loves making ice cream; foodies get into it and make it really popular; once it's popular the average customer is someone who can't tell good ice cream from bad.
And so the founder has a very valuable asset (a brand that is popular) but has also lost the thing he loved about the job (making a specialty product for discerning customers).
There is nothing unreasonable or greedy about exiting at that point. Let someone who wants to run a mature food business do so, and enjoy a well-deserved payout after years of hard work. All the discerning customers who care deeply about quality move on to the next thing, and normies who just like the brand name won't mind the changes.
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The problem that companies like Talenti run into is: a guy starts the company because he loves making ice cream; foodies get into it and make it really popular; once it's popular the average customer is someone who can't tell good ice cream from bad.
And so the founder has a very valuable asset (a brand that is popular) but has also lost the thing he loved about the job (making a specialty product for discerning customers).
There is nothing unreasonable or greedy about exiting at that point. Let someone who wants to run a mature food business do so, and enjoy a well-deserved payout after years of hard work. All the discerning customers who care deeply about quality move on to the next thing, and normies who just like the brand name won't mind the changes.