When Jyoti Bansal faced what he calls “the hardest decision” of his career, it was his employees who weighed heavily on his mind. In 2017, just days before his software startup AppDynamics was set to make its public debut, tech giant Cisco swooped in with a staggering $3.7 billion offer to buy the company. Bansal knew he had a choice: pursue the IPO that could enrich him personally or sell to…
