SaaS Acquisition Stories: Recent Episodes
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Here’s a fun stat for you, the homeowner association (HOA) industry in the US alone was worth $38.8 billion in 2023.
Hussein Reda tapped into some of that value during the Covid lockdowns when he created his startup, Propty, to help HOA meetings run meetings and vote remotely.
Pre-Covid, Hussein had just purchased his first property in an apartment building. He learned a lot of maintenance was done through HOAS, aka, groups that manage properties in specific buildings/neighborhoods.
Once Covid hit, everyone was trapped inside and began attending HOA meetings since now they had lots of time to think about their homes. Hussein saw an opportunity, created Propty, and used his HOA as his first free test customer.
Propty went through two years of ups and downs including embarrassing meetings with 500+ members where not everyone could connect. Everything was made more complicated by the fact that HOA meetings only happened once a year.
However, after persistent effort, Hussein secured his first paying customers by mid-2023.
Finally, Hussein sold Propty on Acquire.com in 2024 when he realized he didn’t know how to scale any further. Now he’s working on a project with blockchain technology to facilitate payments for underbanked countries.
Tune into this week’s SASP as Andrew and Husseing discuss:
- The hidden gem of the HOA industry
- Why boring businesses are the best money-makers
- Why Hussein thinks Acquire.com sales beat other online sales forums
Hussien is just getting started and you can follow his journey below:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hussein-reda/
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Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → here
Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → here
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 350,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
What’s the trick to buying offshore businesses as a US buyer?
Bryan Digiorgio of 1840 & Company says buyers need to understanding two things:
- It requires a lot of documents and processes
- You need to get started with them as soon as possible because they’re sequential
Bryan’s had a bit of experience on this topic, his main business today is setting up remote teams for other businesses in other countries. In the past, he worked as the global head of customer service for Sprint and built the direct precursors to Microsoft Teams.
After previously buying a business on Acquire.com two years ago, Byan returned this year to buy a blockchain-based business, Swearit, from a group of founders in Spain. In the process, he got to experience Acquire’s new buyer advisory service. They helped him successfully transact with a seller who didn’t speak the same language.
Listen to a special buy-side advice section as Bryan and Andrew discuss:
- How Bryan looks for promising business to buy on Acquire.com
- Why foreign businesses can be much more profitable in the US
- The number one trait for sellers on Acquire.com that attracts buyers
Bryan has been doing entrepreneurship and M&A for a little while now. Follow his journey using the links below:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/digiorgio/
- https://x.com/1840andCompany
Selling your business to a buyer in the same country is tough. Imagine doing it across international borders.
Miguel Diaz spent three years building Swearit, a blockchain-based authenticity verification platform. However, he realized that it could scale better in the hands of another founder so he looked for a place to sell.
In Miguel’s opinion, most other startup marketplaces were too broad. You could sell anything from tech businesses to hotels. It was hard to say what buyers or valuations he could expect.
When the team stumbled on Acquire.com, they were intrigued because it specialized in SaaS M&A. There was only one problem – none of them could speak much English.
Still, Miguel and his team listed their business and were surprised to learn that two Acquire team members were fluent in Spanish.
Miguel received direct help in Spanish from Acquire’s president, Rosa Romaine and legal counsel, James Graves. With Acquire’s help, Miguel managed to obtain his dream exit within months.
Post transaction, Miguel jumped on the podcast with Rosa and James to talk about his acquisition. Tune in to hear:
- How EU regulations are changing to monitor food quality
- Some of the cultural differences he encountered during M&A
- His favorite parts of the seller experience on Acquire.com
Miguel is just getting started. Follow his journey with the links below:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-d/
- https://x.com/migueldiazes
Jeel Patel and his father built InvoiceOwl, an online invoicing tool for tradesmen like plumbers after Jeel noticed his family’s landscaper using an inefficient paper invoicing system. Three years later, they sold the company for six figures on Acquire.com.
Listen to Jeel share his insights and learnings from running his startup to the acquisition process:
- How Jeel discovered there was still room in a niche with behemoth-sized competitors
- How Heel played the SEO game to build hype around InvoiceOwl
- What Jeel believes is the most important thing to include in your startup sales process
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Be sure to subscribe to see the newest acquisition stories every Tuesday and gain the knowledge to buy or sell your own online business → https://youtube.com/@acquiredotcom?sub_confirmation=1
Want more stories? Access the past 50+ acquisition stories here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/startup-acquisition-stories-podcast/
Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/acquire-coms-acquisition-multiples-report/
Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → https://acquire.com/buyers/
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 500,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Acquisition lawyer at Scale LLP, Doug Mitchell, recalls one of the closest calls he’s ever encountered while advising a sale.
For this episode of SASP, Doug sat down with Andrew Gazdecki to discuss:
- What kinds of deals he does
- What lawyers normally manage in SME deals
- How much he charges for his retainer
- And what Doug does in his free time.
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Be sure to subscribe to see the newest acquisition stories every Tuesday and gain the knowledge to buy or sell your own online business → https://youtube.com/@acquiredotcom?sub_confirmation=1
Want more stories? Access the past 50+ acquisition stories here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/startup-acquisition-stories-podcast/
Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/acquire-coms-acquisition-multiples-report/
Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → https://acquire.com/buyers/
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 500,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Lebanese founder, Nour Shaban just sold his SaaS business on Acquire.com for a life-changing sum.
While he can’t reveal too many details due to his non-disclosure agreement (NDA), he agreed to hop on the SASP podcast to talk about his experience building and selling his business.
Listen to Nour’s chat with Andrew as they discuss:
- The benefits of the Guided by Acquire process that can’t be found anywhere else
- How the Acquire.com experience compares to the old MicroAcquire experience
- Advice to other entrepreneurs trying to create a 7-figure exit
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Be sure to subscribe to see the newest acquisition stories every Tuesday and gain the knowledge to buy or sell your own online business → https://youtube.com/@acquiredotcom?sub_confirmation=1
Want more stories? Access the past 50+ acquisition stories here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/startup-acquisition-stories-podcast/
Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/acquire-coms-acquisition-multiples-report/
Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → https://acquire.com/buyers/
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 350,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Luke Sheppard recently finished his bachelor’s degree at BYU with a little more spending money and work experience than most grads. He just sold his startup for $500,000 at age 23.
While attending university to study business, Luke launched a company called Revive Ratings. It was a marketing SaaS targeted at insurance agencies. He sold it in just over two years for six figures on Acquire.com.
To successfully launch his business, Luke took some big risks, like buying a one year $50,000 white-labeled software license while still pre-revenue.
But Luke also had lots of help along the way. His professors and even his competitors were happy to take a young college student under their wing as he learned the ropes.
After years of hard work and the help of the Acquire team, Luke managed to secure his dream exit and pave the road to many more to come. He’s already in the process of acquiring his next business on Acquire.
Post acquisition, listen to a jam-packed new episode of Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast as Luke and Andrew discuss:
- The unfair advantage of launching a startup while in university
- Why insurance agencies make great sales targets
- How Andrew first discovered the idea behind his first successful startup, Bizness Apps
- The potential timeline delays from SBA Loan buyers
- Andrew’s college days as a young entrepreneur
- What Andrew Gazdecki would be doing right now if he wasn’t running Acquire
Luke is just getting started and you can follow along on his journey here:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheppluke/
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In a moment of frustration, David Idol created his first successful Chrome extension, Computer Mouse for XCloud.
In just a few short months, he was making $4,000 per month in revenue and he eventually sold his project for 5-figures.
Here’s how it happened.
David was working at Microsoft for Xbox Live when they launched XCloud, their cloud gaming application. It let players stream games from other devices like computers or phones.
But David noticed a problem. Gamers weren’t able to play games on their PCs without special controllers. He coded a Chrome extension letting gamers use their keyboards for games on the PC. He posted about it on Reddit and almost overnight acquired thousands of users.
After three months, David added a one-time payment to access his product and reached $4,000 in monthly revenue and over 250,000 users. People around the world wrote him emails and reviews thanking him for the extension. He’d even made it easier for disabled people to enjoy Xbox games.
But though Computer Mouse for XCloud was exploding in popularity, David didn’t feel he had time to keep adding features. He listed it on Acquire.com and eventually sold it to a promising buyer.
Post sale, tune into this week’s episode of startup acquisition stories as David and Andrew discuss:
- How David went from hacking Xbox games to working for Microsoft
- Why David’s product name was great for traffic
- The dangers of potential buyers for Chrome extensions
- How to transfer ownership of Chrome extensions
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- https://davididol.com/
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest-rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 350,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
What would you do if you were stuck in a cabin during an Icelandic snowstorm?
Adam Senese and his brother came up with their Shopify app for product bundling, Linq Commerce, trapped in an Airbnb for the day during the dead of the Icelandic winter.
The cofounders went home and launched Linq Commerce in early 2020 right as covid hit the world and people scrambled for new ways to make money online. It ended up being a record year for new Shopify stores. Within weeks, Adam and his brother had over 1,000 users on their app.
Linq Commerce grew steadily from there, but after two years of building, Adam and his brother felt they weren’t the right owners to grow Linq to the next level. It was time to find a buyer.
Adam listed on Acquire.com in late 2022 and sold to a promising buyer for five figures in six months.
Post-acquisition, listen to Adam’s chat with Andrew Gazdecki as they discuss:
- Why Shopify apps are great for first-time SaaS founders
- How to find product market fit with any SaaS product
- The importance of goodwill between buyers and sellers
- Why sellers should start with a slightly lower asking price if they want a good sale price
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- https://linqcommerce.com/ (acquired)
- https://www.parallelchat.com/ (new startup)
- https://twitter.com/adamsenese
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamsenese/
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If someone told you they did what you just read in this title, you’d probably think they’d committed a crime.
But Qayyum Rajan’s good fortune was a surprise twist of fate.
Early in 2023, Qayyum sold his business, ESG Analytics, to a private equity firm. But, his acquirer ran out of money and offered the business back to him for next to nothing a few months later.
Qayyum got back in the driver's seat of his startup, spent $10,000 to redesign its website, and then listed it on Acquire.com for another sale.
ESG Analytics was popular with buyers. Its clients were mid-level private equity firms and portfolio managers who needed to evaluate environmental social good (ESG) performance across large numbers of businesses.
No other tool provided affordable ESG industry reports at the time. Within days of listing on Acquire, Qayyam was pitting a handful of small PE buyers against each other in a bidding war.
He finally sold for five figures, spent 20 percent on a vacation for himself and his wife, and set the other 80 percent aside for savings.
Post-acquisition, listen to Qayyum’s Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast episode with Andrew as they discuss:
- The huge ESG industry problem Qayyum capitalized on
- The advantages of selling a business multiple times
- What founders need to do to increase their sale valuation
- Why future sellers need to be extra careful when applying for a business credit card
Qayyum is just getting started and you can follow him on his journey here:
- His new business: http://www.nuuventures.com/
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- https://www.esganalytics.io/how-it-works (SOLD)
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 350,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Most venture-backed startups fail.
It’s a well-known fact, yet many venture-backed founders choose to burn out and ride their dying startups into the ground. Few realize they have options like M&A that could salvage their business for both themselves and their investors.
Wil Schroter, founder of Startups.com knows all about failing startups. He founded nine different startups over 30 years despite one of his first businesses crashing due to lack of capital.When his business failed, Wil was perplexed. A business valued in the millions with happy customers and even profits was still able to fall apart to nothing. It defied logic and he felt the business surely should still be valuable to someone.
It caused Wil to spend years talking to people in San Francisco trying to understand exactly how to sell and buy dying VC-backed startups.
After meetings with over 100 failing VC-backed businesses, Wil created his company Startups.com by buying the assets of six burnt-out VC startups. Since then, he’s made an estimated 50 times ROI from his buys.
Tune in to an extra-special episode of Startup Acquisition Stories with Wil and Andrew as they discuss a topics rarely heard about outside of corporate boardrooms like:
► How to know it’s time to throw in the towel on your VC-backed startup► How to break the news that you want to leave your startup to your board► Which types of buyers will want to buy your startup► How to restructure your startup so that it is as desirable as possible to potential buyers.
Wil’s isn’t just getting started – he’s been doing what he does for decades. Follow his journey at: Startups.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilschroter/▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Be sure to subscribe to see the newest acquisition stories every Tuesday and gain the knowledge to buy or sell your own online business → https://youtube.com/@acquiredotcom?sub_confirmation=1Want more stories? Access the past 50+ acquisition stories here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/startup-acquisition-stories-podcast/Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/acquire-coms-acquisition-multiples-report/Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → https://acquire.com/buyers/▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Follow the Guest: Wil Schroter
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- https://startups.com
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Working a nine-to-five can be a great launchpad for a successful SaaS application. Just ask Belgian founders Dani Ibanez and Drilon Sqn. Using their industry experience, they created a review application for Shopify called TrustReviews and sold it for six figures.Dani and Drilon look similar (and even finish each other's sentences) but they've pursued very different careers. Drilon is a software engineer and a cybersecurity consultant for the Belgian government. Dani worked in ecommerce marketing, advertising, and media buying for a handful of big-name clients.When they started brainstorming products to build together, Dani remembered his problems with product review apps from his marketing days. Many review platforms were two years behind on features like video reviews, for example. They built their own application and grew it rapidly through word of mouth and listening to customer feedback.They were proud of TrustReviews but when they got wind of a real-estate flip opportunity in Belgium, TrustReviews was the product they owned that was most easily sellable.They hopped on Acquire unsure they could actually sell TrustReviews but ended up closing the six-figure deal in a staggering two weeks. They walked away with more than enough to close their real estate deal.Listen to their talk with Andrew post acquisition as they discuss:► Why you shouldn’t grow a Shopify app too quickly► What to do with a windfall of money.► The best parts of the Acquire.com Escrow.com integration► A key feature they added to their website that boosted sales▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Be sure to subscribe to see the newest acquisition stories every Tuesday and gain the knowledge to buy or sell your own online business → https://youtube.com/@acquiredotcom?sub_confirmation=1Want more stories? Access the past 50+ acquisition stories here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/startup-acquisition-stories-podcast/Thinking about selling your own startup? The number one question is always 'how much can I sell for' and we've got the answers in our biannual valuation multiples reports here → https://blog.acquire.com/tag/acquire-coms-acquisition-multiples-report/Thinking about buying a startup? Sign up for a free buyer account and browse all the live listings. Upgrade only when you find the right one that fits your acquisition criteria to engage. Get Started → https://acquire.com/buyers/▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Follow the Guest: Dani Parra Ibanez and Drilon Sqn
- https://twitter.com/Daniparraibanez
- https://twitter.com/DrilonSqn
- https://reviews.trustapps.co/ (SOLD)
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Martin Galovic, Founder of FanMetrics
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Ken Savage, Founder of Product Launch Pro
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Yahia Bakour, Co-founder of Stock Alarm
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About Acquire.com:
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Justin Vanderheide, Founder of Swimgen
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Peter SerVaas, Owner of Peak Transit
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Harinderpreet Singh, Founder of MicMonster
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Salvatore Aiello, Co-founder of DimeADozen
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Simon Thompson, Founder of Podseeker
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Cory Lynch, Founder of Solodrop
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Jes Bickhart, Founder of Minnow
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch, Founder of SimpleInk
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Devon Gethers, Founder of EarlyAdmit
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with David Sorbara, Founder of Barkley HQ.
Highlights:
- Years in Business: 4 years
- Sale Price: High six-figures
- Buyer Interest: 80 NDAs (Request for more details)
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Alan Li Co-founder of Moxa
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About Acquire.com: Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with JM Sanchez Co-founder of Studia
Follow the Guest: JM Sanchez - ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmsanchezbarbera/► https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-korneev/ (Partner)► https://www.studia-us.com (SOLD)Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/agazdecki► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/► https://acquire.comFollow Acquire.com -► https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom► https://www.linkedin.com/company/acquiredotcom► https://www.tiktok.com/@acquiredotcom▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬About Acquire.com:Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers. We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 200,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Startup Acquisition Stories with Mark Spera, Co-founder of GrowthBar
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with JK Molina, Co-founder of Tweet Hunter
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Ayoub Moustaid, Founder of Fastdok
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Jeff Richards, Founder of Rayneta
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- https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittney-bowles/ (Co-founder of Wolf Republic)
- https://www.wolfrepublic.com/ (Sold)
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Serial entrepreneur Jason Allan Scott recently sold his international podcast agency, aptly named “A Podcast Company”, on Acquire.com. He found the experience to be one of the smoothest exits he’s been a part of and shares his journey in this interview.
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Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Alex Rainey, Founder of MyAskAI.com
Learn How to Sell Your SaaS From a Founder with 3x Sold
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► 3x SaaS Sold on Acquire.com
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Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
► https://twitter.com/agazdecki
► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
► https://acquire.com
Follow Acquire.com -
► https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom
► https://www.linkedin.com/company/acquiredotcom
► https://www.tiktok.com/@acquiredotcom
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 200,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
From #BuildinPublic to Selling His SaaS for $300,000
Follow the Guest: Noah Bragg -
► https://twitter.com/noahwbragg
► https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahbragg/
► https://supportman.io/ (Sold on Acquire.com)
► https://potion.so/ (Sold on Acquire.com)
► https://www.trustscore.gg/ (Now Building)
Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
► https://twitter.com/agazdecki
► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
► https://acquire.com
Follow Acquire.com -
► https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom
► https://www.linkedin.com/company/acquiredotcom
► https://www.tiktok.com/@acquiredotcom
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 200,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Kjael Skaalerud is the Founder and President of Skaling Ventures, a Private Equity firm acquiring and operating micro-SaaS businesses. Kjael recently made their first acquisition via Acquire.com and is taking a very cool #buildinpublic approach by sharing in-depth details around building their portfolio starting with this first one.
Kjael jumped on the podcast with Andrew and drops a ton of knowledge around:
► How their venture utilizes a punitive scorecard system to evaluate certain aspects of the acquisition target - ideal valuation multiples, retention rates, growth rates, ideal technical debt range, etc.
► The three pillars of SaaS data sitting in system of records that matter the most - "books, customers, employees".
► What a top-notch seller looks like from how they talk about the business to how clean they've kept their data.
This episode is worth a watch for any buyer looking to acquire their first business and a seller who wants to put their best foot forward against buyers who know what they're doing.
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Follow the Guest: Kjael Skaalerud -
► https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjaelskaalerud/
► https://www.skalingventures.com/
► Read a more in-depth review of Kjael's acquisition process: https://skalingventures.substack.com/p/issue-8-we-made-an-acquisition
Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
► https://twitter.com/agazdecki
► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
► https://acquire.com
Follow Acquire.com -
► https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom
► https://www.linkedin.com/company/acquiredotcom
► https://www.tiktok.com/@acquiredotcom
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers.
We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 200,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Startup Acquisition Stories with Anita Kirkovska, Co-founder of VoicePen
Co-founders Anita Kirkovska and Marina Trajkovska recently sold their no-code SaaS business Biyo, a personal bio page featuring videos and links for creators, on Acquire.com.
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Founder Guest: Anita Kirkovska
- https://twitter.com/anitakirkovska
- https://twitter.com/marinatrajk (co-founder)
- https://voicepen.ai/
- https://www.getbiyo.io/ (Sold)
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Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
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About Acquire.com:
Acquire.com is the largest and most active acquisition marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. Acquire.com is the highest rated platform for both ease and quickness to match buyers and sellers. We cater to all types of online, revenue-generating businesses while producing the highest success rates for SaaS and eCommerce/DTC businesses in the M&A industry. Join over 200,000 entrepreneurs making life-changing connections and deals everyday.
Startup Acquisition Stories with Ruslan Leteyski, Founder & CEO of Checkout X
Founder Guest: Ruslan Leteyski-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/leteyski/
- https://twitter.com/leteyski
- https://www.checkout-x.com/
- https://apps.shopify.com/upsellin (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Joe Benjamin, Founder of RevPilots
Founder Guest: Joe Benjamin -
- https://twitter.com/JoeBenjamin_
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebenjamin1/
- https://revpilots.com/
- https://www.renewaltracking.com/ (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Colin Dougherty, Director of Marketing at Zenlytic
Founder Guest: Colin Dougherty
- https://twitter.com/ColinDougherty_
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-dougherty-b1766217b/
- https://www.camskns.com/ (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Ihor Stefurak, Co-founder of Mentalwalk
Founder Guest: Ihor Stefurak -
- https://twitter.com/ihorstefurak
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorstefurak/
- https://typeslashai.com/ (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Marco Fazio, CEO of Hypeal
Founder Guest: Marco Fazio -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcofazio1/
- https://www.hypeal.com/
- https://litotravel.com/ (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Guillaume Bardet, CMO of Testimonial.to
Founder Guest: Guillaume Bardet-
- https://twitter.com/GuillaumeBardet
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumebardet/
- https://testimonial.to/
- https://qlearly.com/ (Sold)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com
Startup Acquisition Stories with Varun Kundra, Co-Founder of Beam Commerce
Founder Guest: Varun Kundra -
- https://twitter.com/varkundra
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vk1/
- https://www.beamcommerce.com/
- https://apps.shopify.com/perfect-product-finder (SOLD)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with Jake Prins, Founder of TeamSmart AI
Founder Guest: Jake Prins
- https://twitter.com/jake_prins
- https://www.teamsmart.ai/
- https://serverless.page/ (SOLD)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with Nico Jeannen, Founder of Galeby
Founder Guest: Nico Jeannen -
- https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen
- https://galeby.com/
- https://makelogo.ai/ (SOLD)
Host: Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with Ranjit Bhinge, CEO of Atomic Fusion
Ranjit Bhinge -
- https://twitter.com/ranjitbhinge
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjitbhinge/
- https://atomicfusion.io/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with Lotanna Ezeike, Founder of Creator Check
Lotanna Ezeike -
- https://twitter.com/lottsnomad
- https://www.creatorcheck.io/
- TripVisa and VisaBot (SOLD)
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with David Mellstrom, Co-founder of Buddy
David Mellstrom-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mellstrom-b2867097/
- https://buddytexts.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories with Minh-Phuc Tran, Founder of Queue.so
Minh-Phuc Tran -
- https://www.queue.so/
- https://twitter.com/phuctm97
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories w/ Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
Derek Morin -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekmorin/
Radu Bogdan-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdanrn/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories w/ Ryan Kulp, Founder of Fork Equity.
Ryan is a seasoned entrepreneur having found, bought, and sold multiple startups since 2015. He's the founder of a micro-PE firm called Fork Equity and has a leading course on buying and selling startups via microacquisitions.com (no affiliation to the microacquire.com).
Ryan is an early adopter of Acquire.com and has both successfully bought and sold online businesses on the platform.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about how Ryan fell into M&A, why he favors solo founders when looking for startups to buy, and the story of how he built a SaaS in 30 days and sold it within a few hours of listing on Acquire.com.
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Ryan Kulp-
- https://twitter.com/ryanckulp
- https://forkequity.com/
- https://microacquisitions.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
Startup Acquisition Stories w/ Sam Lillicrap, Founder of Alignr
Sam found a buyer for his startup (Alignr) on Acquire.com in late 2022 after listing it for only three to four months on the marketplace.
Sam Lillicrap-
- https://twitter.com/SamLillicrap
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlillicrap/
- https://www.alignrapp.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://acquire.com/
- https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ JJ Englert, Founder of Jump Studios
JJ Englert -
- https://twitter.com/JJEnglert
- https://jumpstudios.io/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ Andrew Amann, CEO at 923 Venture Studio
Andrew Amann -
- https://twitter.com/andrewamann
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewamann/
- https://www.ninetwothree.co/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ Christine McDannell, Founder of The Magnolia Firm
Christine McDannell -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemcdannell/
- https://themagnoliafirm.co/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ Michael Michelis, Co-founder of Intelistyle
Michael Michelis -
- https://twitter.com/_michelis_
- https://www.intelistyle.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ Stephen Nancekivell, Founder of RealEmail
Stephen Nancekivell -
- https://twitter.com/hi_stephen_n
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-nancekivell-77003039/
- https://upollo.ai/
- https://isitarealemail.com/ (Was MicroAcquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Connor Skelly, Founder of Fission Agency
Connor Skelly -
- https://twitter.com/connor_skelly_
- https://fissionagency.com/
- https://www.utmlinkmanager.com/ (MicroAcquire'd as a buyer)
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Harry Henien, Serial Entrepreneur
Harry Henien-
- https://twitter.com/harry_henien
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/henienharry/
- https://www.onboarded.app/ (MicroAcquire'd as a buyer)
Andrew Gazdecki-
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Jonathon and Elena Ringeisen, Founders of Essential Studio Manager
Jonathon and Elena Ringeisen -
- https://twitter.com/j_ringeisen
- https://twitter.com/elenaringeisen
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathon-ringeisen-31a412210/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-ringeisen-78838b4a/
- https://essentialstudiomanager.com (Was Microacquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Sukh Sidhu, Founder and CEO of Stridist
Sukh Sidhu
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sukh-sidhu-a2b8a863/
- https://twitter.com/SukhSidhuUK
- https://stridist.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisitions w/ Grace McBride, Founder of Lucia
Grace McBride:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/graceluciamcbride/
- https://twitter.com/GraceLMcBride
- https://www.letslucia.com/
- https://www.tripkit.com/ (Got microacquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisitions w/ Colin Keeley, Founder at Verne (MicroAcquire'd 2x)
Colin Keeley:
- https://twitter.com/ColinKeeley
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinkeeley/
- https://www.vernehq.com/
- https://www.blinksale.com/ (1st Microacquire'd Business)
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories Podcast w/ Chris Achard, Founder of AcornChat
Chris Achard -
- https://twitter.com/chrisachard
- https://acornchat.com (currently working)
- https://meetingplace.io/ (got acquired)
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Jaisal Rathee (JR), Founder with 6x Exits
Jaisal Rathee (JR) -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaisalrathee/
- https://twitter.com/RatheeJaisal
- https://www.startups.fyi/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ William Barlow - Partner at Barlow & Williams
William Barlow -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-barlow-053a463a/
- https://www.barlowwilliams.law/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Joe Speiser - Partner at HamptonVC
Joe Speiser
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joespeiser/
- https://twitter.com/jspeiser
- https://saasweapon.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Mark Davis - Managing Partner at Interplay
Mark Davis
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpeterdavis/
- https://twitter.com/mpd
- https://www.interplay.vc/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Marc Abousleiman - Co-Founder & CEO at Appregator
Marc Abousleiman
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcabousleiman
- https://twitter.com/marcabousleiman
- https://www.appregator.io/
- SuperchargedSMS Shopify App (Acquired)
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Sieva Kozinsky - Founder of Enduring Ventures
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Sieva Kozinsky-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/skozinsky/
- https://twitter.com/SievaKozinsky
- https://enduring.ventures/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Lloyed Lobo - Founder of Boast.ai and Traction
Lloyed Lobo-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo/
- https://twitter.com/lloyedlobo
- https://boast.ai
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Lauralynn Drury - VP of Experience, StayTuned Digital
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Lauralynn Drury-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauralynndrury
- https://twitter.com/lldrury
- https://www.staytuned.digital/
Andrew Gazdecki-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Andrew Dumont, CEO of Stamped
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Andrew Dumont-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdumont/
- https://twitter.com/AndrewDumont
- http://andrewdumont.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Ramzey Nassar- Co-Founder & CEO at Prolific Media
Ramzey Nassar had his eCommerce business called Soil and Clay microacquire'd. Hear how he navigated the acquisition process and what tips he has for other sellers looking to do the same.
Ramzey Nassar-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramzey-nassar-87039224/
- https://www.prolific.media/
- https://soilandclay.com/ (Company Acquired)
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Syed Balkhi- Founder and CEO of Awesome Motive
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Syed Balkhi-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedbalkhi/
- https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi
- https://awesomemotive.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Tim Schmidbauer - Co-Founder of Inlytics
Tim Schmidbauer-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-schmidbauer/
- https://www.producthunt.com/posts/inlytics-io
- https://www.inlytics.io/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ David Horne and Marty Balkema - Co-founders + Managing Partners at Calm Capital
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
David Horne-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnc/
- https://twitter.com/_davidhorne_
- https://www.calmcapital.com/
Marty Balkema-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/martybalkema/
- https://twitter.com/MartyBalkema
- https://www.calmcapital.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Akeel Jabber - Investment Director at Horizen Capital
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Akeel Jabber
- https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar/
- https://horizencapital.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Greg Lazarus - Managing Director at Polychrome Capital
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Greg Lazarus
- https://twitter.com/greglaz5
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/greglazarus/
- https://www.polychromecapital.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Kieran Parker - Founder of Heeed
Kieran found the right buyer for his company Simple Kits through MicroAcquire. Hear him share his experience of selling a company on MicroAcquire.
Kieran Parker
- https://twitter.com/_kprkr
- https://simplekits.co/ (Company microacquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Conor Chamness - Corporate Development | M&A at Dura Software
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Conor Chamness
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/conor-chamness-3b7babb4/
- https://www.dura.software/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Frank Kosarek - Head Of Sourcing at OpenStore
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Frank Kosarek
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-kosarek-496929b0/
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https://twitter.com/KosarekFrank
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https://open.store/
Andrew Gazdecki
-
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
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https://twitter.com/agazdecki
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https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Dirk Sahlmer - M&A Manager at saas.group
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Dirk Sahlmer-
- https://saas.group/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirksahlmer/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Rick Garcia - Founder and COO of G12 Communications
Rick Garcia (rgarcia@g12com.com)
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgarciajr/
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https://www.g12com.com/
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https://www.engage.co/ (Company microacquire'd)
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https://monstervoip.com/ (Company microacquire'd)
Andrew Gazdecki
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
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https://twitter.com/agazdecki
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https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ James Crennan - General Partner at Xenon Partners
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top MicroAcquire Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
James Crennan -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-crennan-5a26a7114/
- https://xenon.io/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
Brian is serial entrepreneur who has founded multiples SaaS startups and have sold five of his businesses in the span of 8 months. With most of them, Brian found the right buyer on MicroAcquire. He's now focused on his main SaaS startup called ZipMessage.
Brian Casel
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancasel/
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https://twitter.com/CasJam
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https://briancasel.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
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https://twitter.com/agazdecki
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https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Kevin McArdle - CEO of SureSwift Capital
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale on MicroAcquire.
Kevin McArdle-
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-mcardle-6bbb296/
- https://twitter.com/kevin_mcardle
- https://www.sureswiftcapital.com
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Sujan Patel - Managing Director at Ramp Ventures
This is a mini-series within SaaS Acquisitions Stories where we profile the top Private Equity firms and firms acquiring online businesses at scale.
Sujan Patel -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sujanpatel/
- https://twitter.com/sujanpatel
- https://sujanpatel.com/
Andrew Gazdecki -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Orkhan Hajiyev - Co-founder of Uvodo
Orkhan and his co-founders started a company called Nextsale in 2018. Recently, they were MicroAcquire'd for seven figures. These serial entrepreneurs are already on their new project - Uvodo (learn more below). Listen as Orkhan goes behind the scenes to share his experience listing on MicroAcquire.
Orkhan Hajiyev-
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/hajiyev-orkhan/
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https://twitter.com/orkhanhelp
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https://nextsale.io (Company Acquired)
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https://uvodo.com/ (New company)
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orkhan@uvodo.com
Andrew Gazdecki
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https://twitter.com/agazdecki
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
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https://microacquire.com/
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Uvodo
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Orkhan's new project is called Uvodo - a modern eCommerce suite for tech-savvy entrepreneurs.
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They are raising a Pre-Seed round with a $3M pre-money valuation and are looking for a $300k ($100k booked) smart money.
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They are going to be in competition with big e-commerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and others.
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They've built the project with the same team and already sold $800 USD within 6 days.
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Business model: They are selling it for a one-time fee now and going to do a SaaS with internal features in the upcoming months. In other words: selling e-cigarette devices now to sell cigarettes later regularly.
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Daniel Ch - Founder of Simple.ink
Daniel is a 24 year old entrepreneur with a rich background of founding, building, and growing startups. He recently acquired Emojics.com for five figures on MicroAcquire. Listen as he goes behind the scenes to share his experience.
Daniel Ch-
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https://twitter.com/chddaniel
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https://Simple.ink (Founder)
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https://www.emojics.com (Company acquired)
Andrew Gazdecki-
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https://twitter.com/agazdecki
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
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https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Aaron Stone (Founder) & Zach Hendershot (Managing Partner) from Crux Digital. They found and acquired Toybox on MicroAcquire. Listen as they go behind the scenes to share their process.
- Crux Digital is a digital product agency focused on building customer driven web and mobile applications that are mission critical.
- Toybox is the fastest way to inspect, collaborate, and manage visual feedback on any web application.
Aaron Stone
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronastone/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cruxdigital
https://twitter.com/toyboxsystems
Zach Hendershot
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhendershot/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cruxdigital
https://twitter.com/toyboxsystems
Andrew Gazdecki
https://twitter.com/agazdecki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Derek Homann Co-founder of Workshop
Derek Homann:
- https://twitter.com/dhomann
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/derekhomann/
- https://www.hellomedian.com/ (company acquired)
- https://useworkshop.com/ (new company)
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Trevor Hatfield GP at Inturact Capital.
Trevor Hatfield:
- https://twitter.com/trevorhatfield
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhatfield
- https://capital.inturact.com/
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Roman Lytvynenko Founder of Pur Ninja.
Roman Lytvynenko:
- https://twitter.com/romalyt
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-lytvynenko-00523b103
- https://pur.ninja/en
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Daniel Jakaitis Founder of Chatkick.
Daniel Jakaitis:
- https://twitter.com/DanJakaitis
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-j-b7037747
- https://chatkick.com/ (parent company)
- https://trinsly.com/ (company acquired)
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Landon Bennett Founder of Userfeed.
Landon Bennett:
- https://twitter.com/LandonB32
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/landon-bennett-02285620
- https://www.userfeed.io/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
Eyal Toledano launched a small angel fund to buy and grow micro-SaaS products for freedom & profit. Sharing the whole journey at microangel.so.
Eyal Toledano:
- https://twitter.com/EyalToledano
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyaltoledano/
- https://microangel.so/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
Tara Reed is CEO at Apps Without Code. Also founder of Growthspree where she buys & scales marketing software companies.
Tara Reed:
- https://twitter.com/TaraReed_
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarawreed/
- https://www.growthspree.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
Colin Keeley is a founder at Verne with a focus on giving SaaS founders straightforward dream exits.
Colin Keeley:
- https://twitter.com/ColinKeeley
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinkeeley/
- https://www.vernehq.com/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Arsen Nurmagomedov Founder of Restpack.
Arsen Nurmagomedov:
- https://twitter.com/arsennurmag
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurmagomedov
- https://restpack.io/
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Fernando Rivero - Founder of Xmartclock.
Fernando Rivero:
- https://twitter.com/jfernandorivero
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-fernando-rivero
- https://www.xmartclock.com/en/
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Christopher Tung - Founder of Reporty.
Christopher Tung:
- https://twitter.com/chptung
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-tung
- https://www.reporty.app/login
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Charlie Joseph Founder of Bazaar Tracker.
Charlie Joseph:
- https://cha.rli.es/
- https://bazaartracker.com/
Andrew Gazdecki:
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/
SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Petros Kyriakou Founder of Bookis.
Petros Kyriakou:
- https://twitter.com/9pitops
- https://www.bookis.io/
Andrew Gazdecki
- https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- https://microacquire.com/