It would make me nervous.
An entrepreneur out on her/his own wants to make their own mark on their own merits. Sure, you'll go to creditors and boast your resume, but in the here and now, the past shouldn't really matter, because you're buying this right now, and not what he did before.
Products and people need to look to the present, not harken back on the good old days.
The feeling I get is that of a set-up for a soft financial report coming up.
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