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This couple sold $3.5M of newborn props on Amazon, then sold to an aggregator for $2M

First Landings founder Danny Vivier created a niche in the baby products market while working a full-time job. Three years later, he landed a deal with an Amazon aggregator.

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Agency

How this content agency leaned on a contractor-only model to reach $5 million in lifetime revenue

Content expert Julia McCoy turned her passion into an agency with over 100 contractors and 5,000 customers. A decade later, McCoy decided to sell. Here’s what happened.

E-commerce

She used her law expertise to grow an e-commerce store selling contract templates

“I have seen so many women close their businesses down lately,” Christina Scalera said. “I just wish more people, especially women, knew that there was an alternative option.”

Agency

How this founder’s immersion in PPC advertising turned into a $3.25M sale

How much of this $3.25 million deal was paid up front vs. how much was paid in stock? Here’s the breakdown, plus who bought the company.

E-commerce

Months after the sale, this cannabis deal went up in smoke. Here’s how the founders got their company back

Less than six months after acquisition, the cannabis lifestyle brand Sackville & Co. faced dissolution. But its two founders fought back.

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Agency

How a freelance marketer landed atop search results, which helped him grow and sell his agency

Brett Farmiloe started offering SEO services to businesses as a freelancer. As its name recognition grew, Markitors expanded — and eventually sold to another agency.

SaaS

How this PR agency owner created and sold her own SaaS podcast database for 3x revenue

Christina Nicholson created a podcast database to help her PR agency but decided to sell after realizing her heart wasn’t in it.

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Software

This couple built a food blogging suite from scratch, before selling off a few slices

Bjork Ostrom started making software tools for bloggers after his wife Lindsay’s food blog took off. But along the way, their company has parted ways with a few of them.

E-commerce

How this subscription box founder finally landed a deal on Facebook, weeks before giving birth

This teacher subscription box company sent 1,000+ boxes out each month and generated an annual 6-figure profit — but the founder struggled to find the right buyer.

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Resources

Grants for entrepreneurs: A huge list of funding options, plus how to win them

Looking for non-dilutive funding for your startup? Here’s a massive list of grants for entrepreneurs and small business grants, including business grants for women.

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