There's the story of the early xerography (xerox) process being sold to IBM - but they carefully assessed the need for it and declined:
Similar story, different area - Pixar was nearly sold to Microsoft even after Steve Jobs had signed the deal with Disney to produce Toy Story in 1991, as Jobs was worried about the companies finances.
Similar story, different area - Pixar was nearly sold to Microsoft even after Steve Jobs had signed the deal with Disney to produce Toy Story in 1991, as Jobs was worried about the companies finances.
Worked out well for him in the end.