They Got Acquired

SaaS Deals

At 23, these co-founders turned a no-code app into a 7-figure acquihire

At age 21, Victor Nihoul and Wesley Wasielewski built a cybersecurity app for users of the no-code platform Bubble. Less than 18 months later, Bubble approached with an offer.

Victor Nihoul and Wesley Wasielewski, co-founders of Flusk

E-commerce Deals

How this subscription box company sold for $19M — and why the founders bought it back

In 2021, BattlBox co-founders sold their subscription box company for nearly $19 million. Less than two years later, they had the opportunity to buy it back.

Services Deals

This founder built a 10-year strategy to get acquired. Here’s how it panned out

First-time founder Greg Poirier started CloudKettle with a 10-year roadmap to acquisition — and told all his employees about it. Here’s how it worked out.

Media Deals

4 co-founders built this content company as a side hustle for a decade. It sold for $6.6M

For a decade, four co-founders worked full time while building Really Good Emails on the side. During a meeting about a potential partnership, the idea of selling came up.

Matt Cook, Mike Nelson, Matthew Smith, and Matt Helbig, co-founders of Really Good Emails

Resources

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Resources

7 lucrative tips for selling your business on a marketplace

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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.