They Got Acquired

Agency

Six months after closing her podcast agency, she sold the business for its IP

Brigitte Lyons systematized her agency’s operations so she could be a digital nomad without spending all day on Zoom. Her efforts paid off when it was time to sell.

Community

The value of this niche community was driven by its online event

When this virtual body positivity conference and community grew big enough to need a dedicated team, its founders sought a buyer with shared values.

SaaS

This SaaS founder used acquisition as a strategy for growth, while maintaining partial ownership

Dmitry Dragilev didn’t want to sell his SEO SaaS TopicRanker just to cash out. Getting acquired was a way to scale up and still stay at the helm.

Services

A “lucky break” set this tech staffing company on the path to $5 million in revenue

These founders didn’t set out to build a software development and near-shore tech staffing company, but that route led their firm Whiz onto the fast track.

Renzo Saravia and Javier Fernandez-Concha, co-founders of Whiz

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.

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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.