Having sold Grasshopper, the virtual phone service, for $175 million in 2015, David Hauser assessed his priorities. Grasshopper was his third launch and exit, following ReturnPath (email services) and Chargify (subscription management). &quot;I decided to optimize for happiness, not for return on capital or profit,&quot; he said.

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