They Got Acquired

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.

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.

Marketplace

While growing a marketplace, she kept her team small – then sold to a wedding-industry giant

After eight years, this founder felt the time was right to sell the elopement marketplace she’d built with her partner.

SaaS

How this SaaS founder hired M&A support on Upwork to sell his $40,000/year business

Air HR co-founder Nick Holzherr had long used Upwork to build teams. So when it was time to sell his business, he hired on the freelance platform for M&A support, too.

Services

This real estate startup was less than a year old when it sold in an all-stock deal

The solo founder of real estate startup Home Sale Assured was able to sell his business within a year thanks to deep industry experience and a focus on efficiency.

Eric Meadow, founder of Home Sale Assured

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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.