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From overcoming a divorce to losing inventory in a fire, bootstrapped founders behind these 17 deals candidly share what it took to successfully grow and exit their companies.

At age 21, Victor Nihoul and Wesley Wasielewski built a cybersecurity app for users of the no-code platform Bubble. Less than 18 months later, Bubble approached with an offer.

In 2021, BattlBox co-founders sold their subscription box company for nearly $19 million. Less than two years later, they had the opportunity to buy it back.

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.

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.

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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.

Husband and wife team Laura McGuire and Jason Clewell brought complementary skillsets to founding Hipstik Legwear, but struggled with outdated ideas about their industry.