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Personal experience — and frustration — served as a powerful inspirational force for this teacher-turned-entrepreneur, who created a new income stream by building a tool she needed for her own students.

Marine Depot began when e-commerce was a novel concept, and evolved to become a national leader for aquarium hobbyists.

Jodie Cook is a powerlifter. But her latest big lift wasn’t in the gym. It was selling the social media agency she launched a decade ago, at age 22.

Zamir Khan, a first-time founder, created VidHug to help people connect and celebrate one another through group videos. The concept took off during the pandemic.

This is a great example of how a bootstrapped, one-person business can sell for six figures, resulting in a solid payday for an independent maker.

It’s not often that a company is acquired before putting its platform on the market. But that’s what happened to this fintech company, just a year after it was founded.

Founded by media entrepreneur Michael Gardon in 2017, Testing.org was an appealing addition to buyer Crush Empire’s portfolio of education websites.

This review and directory platform posted ​​relatively low traffic numbers but regularly reached the right people, making the company more attractive to buyers.