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

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Podcast

Donald Spann’s goal was time freedom. He got it by building a virtual call center

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Podcast

From hot dog stand to 8-figure exit: How Sam Parr built and sold The Hustle

Sam Parr, Founder of The Hustle
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When’s the right time to exit? Jon Hainstock on selling ZoomShift

Jon Hainstock Co-founder of ZoomShift
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Lexi Grant on the acquihire and 6-figure asset sale that led to They Got Acquired

Alexis Grant, Founder of They Got Acquired
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From failed startup to 6-figure exit: Manuel Frigerio’s ReferralHero journey

Manuel Frigerio, fo-founder of ReferralHero
Resources

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

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