They Got Acquired

Media Deals

She recorded a 3-hour course to help nurses pass their NP exams. Within 7 months, she’d made $1M in revenue

After passing her NP exam, Sarah Michelle Boes launched a virtual course to help others prepare. Seven months later, she hit $1 million in revenue. Two years later, she sold without a broker.

Sarah Michelle Boes, founder of Sarah Michelle NP News

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.

Resources

When’s the best time to plan for life after your exit? Hint: It’s not after your exit.

Most founders overlook this essential step when planning to sell their business. We’ll help you get it right — so once you part ways with the business you built, you’re truly happy.

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Resources

7 lucrative tips for selling your business on a marketplace

Want to lean on an online marketplace to sell your business? Here’s how to make the most of this tool, plus what to watch out for.

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SaaS Deals

How a new CEO navigated a fast-growing SaaS business to an 8-figure sale

When Antoine Paré joined DashThis in 2015, the company was fast growing but chaotic. Buying out the previous CEO and steadying the ship led to a successful sale.

The DashThis team: Antoine Paré (CEO) and Stéphane Guérin (Founder)

E-commerce Deals

How this college student navigated his drone startup’s boom and bust before selling for $2.9M

Charlie Cannon wanted to make drones more affordable, so he started EXO Drones at the age of 19. Less than two years later — before he’d graduated college — he found a buyer.

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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.