Chen says that even though the majority of the companies he has founded have eventually been acquired or turned over to another management team, he has never, with the exception of Ardent, which was a joint venture with Cisco, gone into a venture planning to sell it. In fact, he believes that doing so is a recipe for failure.
陳五福指出，雖然他創立的公司日後大多被購併或交給別的團隊經營，但是除了 Ardent 一開始就是和思科合作外，他從來沒有想過公司創立後就要轉手，他相信創業家若抱持這種短線心態也不可能成功。