They Got Acquired

Services

Why this due diligence expert was surprised when she sold her business to a public company

This founder had years of exit-prep experience, but selling to a public company was a brand-new challenge.

Fleur Hicks, co-founder of onefourzero (holding trophy) with colleagues post-acquisition.

Services

Deal fatigue is real: How these engineering firm founders navigated a 15-month sale process

Patience paid for co-founders Pramod Dabir and Varun Bathina. They signed an exclusivity agreement with a buyer — then faced multiple months-long hurdles.

Services

How this Irish PR firm attracted the attention of an expanding American company

This bootstrapping founder wasn’t seeking a sale, but a fortuitous partnership led to an unexpected offer.

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.

Jess Hunichen and Emily Ward, co-founders of The BodCon

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.

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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.