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Alexis Grant

Alexis Grant

Founder & CEO

Alexis Grant is the founder & CEO of They Got Acquired.

She previously worked as EVP of Content at The Penny Hoarder, scaling the content operations at the bootstrapped personal finance brand. Before running media startups, she worked as a reporter at the Houston Chronicle and U.S. News & World Report, and earned her master's in journalism at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

Alexis has sold two content businesses: The Write Life, a website for writers she sold in 2021; and a boutique content agency, which was acqui-hired by The Penny Hoarder in 2015.

Resources

How much do startups sell for? The answer might surprise you

Is $243 million truly the average startup exit? Only if you raise millions of dollars in funding. Plenty of entrepreneurs choose a different path.

Person handing a price tag to another person
Podcast

The gutsy cold pitch that landed Laura Roeder a 7-figure deal

Laura Roeder and her husband, Chris Williams, built and sold MeetEdgar, a social media scheduling platform, to SureSwift Capital for 7 figures.

Podcast

Introducing They Got Acquired Podcast, Season 1 (Trailer)

We’re bringing you eight inspiring stories of entrepreneurs who sold their business, founders who didn’t follow the Silicon Valley narrative. Launching in March, 2022.

Services

This productized blog-writing service was acquired in a high-6-figure deal

This founder tried several avenues for selling his business, and ultimately found a buyer close to home: his friend.

Brian Casel, founder of Audience Ops
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