Two recent grads became an expert in short-form video during lockdown, creating digital media startup Our Future. Here’s how they sold to Morning Brew.
Indie Hackers served as a knowledge-sharing platform for SaaS founders, a valuable audience for Stripe’s financial services. Stripe bought the business in 2017, and six years later, the founders bought it back.
Strategic acquisitions helped this photography firm, which specialized in real estate, grow their team and market share—until they landed their own sale opportunity.
We’ve seen lots of founders pitch their way to an acquisition. They shared tips for how to do it well, plus the exact emails they used to reach out to their buyer.
“We had a good idea, and we had a team that had the right connections in an industry where relationships drive pretty much everything,” said Charlie Lieu, AirTerra’s co-founder.
It took a few tries. They made many mistakes. But eventually, these two entrepreneurs found success with two social media platforms that help people build their brands.
Many entrepreneurs believe marketing is an essential ingredient for success. But this computer scientist took a different approach, and landed hundreds of customers.
Four founders came together to build Venio Systems, an e-discovery platform for law firms. Ten years later, they weren’t all convinced it was time to sell.
