They Got Acquired

Marketplace

Tired of traditional job boards, these founders took a different approach and grew to $12M ARR

Two founders, tired of big job boards like Upwork and Fiverr, launched a marketplace for pre-vetted freelance talent. They sold it to an SEO agency.

Connor Gillivan and Nathan Hirsch, co-founders of FreeeUp

Services

How a health coaching app with $300K ARR fit into this strategic buyer’s roadmap

Obsessed with prevention and optimizing performance, these founders built a health coaching app. It was acquired by a sleep fitness company that wanted to expand into coaching.

Agency

How focusing on sustainability communications gave this PR firm an edge

Handing over the reins to her bootstrapped business gave this founder freedom to start a new chapter, while her company got a stronger future.

SaaS

How a raise and a relationship led to the 8-figure sale of this software business

Artificial intelligence is all the rage now, but founders like FriendlyData’s Michael Rumiantsau have been quietly building and scaling AI-driven companies for years.

Michael Rumiantsau, founder of FriendlyData

Resources

What’s the market like now for selling a business? (Q4 2024)

Here’s an inside look at what’s happening in M&A for Q4 2024, according to brokers who help founders sell and buyers who acquire businesses.

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SaaS

He turned his book arbitrage side gig into a software making $90,000/month

Peter Valley started reselling books for profit after a failed dumpster dive. Years later, he turned the gig into Zen Arbitrage, a software for book resellers that he later sold.

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Podcast Episodes

The gutsy cold pitch that landed Laura Roeder a 7-figure deal

32 minutes

Laura Roeder and her husband, Chris Williams, built and sold MeetEdgar, a social media scheduling platform, to SureSwift Capital for 7 figures.

Manuel Frigerio, fo-founder of ReferralHero

From failed startup to 6-figure exit: Manuel Frigerio’s ReferralHero journey

35 minutes

Sometimes it takes building one business to figure out what to build next. That was the case for Manuel Frigerio, who built and sold a Saas, ReferralHero.

From hot dog stand to 8-figure exit: How Sam Parr built and sold The Hustle

39 minutes

How did this down-to-earth guy with no previous media experience build such a valuable company? Here’s how Sam Parr became one of the leading voices in entrepreneurship.