They Got Acquired

Community

The third owners of this community focused on content and social growth ahead of selling

In 2015, Stephania Varalli and Alicia Skalin became the third owners of Women of Influence. In 2022, they had grown the community’s social followers 20x and were ready to find a fourth owner.

Content

Seller financing opened an exit opportunity for the founder of this VA training company

Gina Horkey built a virtual assistant training company. After nearly 10 years, seller financing gave her an exit strategy from Fully Booked VA.

SaaS

With a background in project management, this couple built and sold a portfolio of Jira apps

These life partners lamented boring project management apps, so they built their own. One Jira app turned into six — and a team of 11 contractors — before they decided to sell.

Community

An SEO community with 750 paying members sold for $1.8 million

Three co-founders sold an SEO education community, Traffic Think Tank, to global SEO leader Semrush for $1.8 million.

Three men in casual business attire are engaging in a friendly conversation around a wooden table, with one man gesturing during the discussion in a modern office setting.

E-commerce

How this e-commerce founder recovered – and sold – after being penalized by Amazon

Marwan Barakat’s child sunglasses brand got removed from Amazon after hitting $220,000 in monthly revenue. After rebuilding his brand, he sold Baby Sunnies.

SaaS

Cron and Notion’s founders used each other’s products before joining forces in this strategic deal

An investor connected the founder of calendar app Cron with productivity platform Notion, leading to a sale and integration of their complementary products.

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Podcast Episodes

Anna Maste, Co-Founder of Boondockers Welcome

How a 7-hour workweek led to Anna Maste’s 7-figure sale

30 minutes

This is the story of how Anna Maste and Marianne Edwards, a mother-daughter duo, bootstrapped and sold a membership site for RVers called Boondockers Welcome.

Donald Spann, Co-Founder of Vicky Virtual Receptionists

Donald Spann’s goal was time freedom. He got it by building a virtual call center

36 minutes

This entrepreneur says you don’t have to be passionate about your business. Here’s what he suggests instead, and how he built Vicky Virtual Receptionists to an exit.

When’s the right time to exit? Jon Hainstock on selling ZoomShift

30 minutes

Is there a right time to sell your business? This was what Jon Hainstock and his co-founder, Ben Bartling, had to figure out when they were planning their exit from ZoomShift.

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.