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Bobby Burch

Bobby Burch

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Bobby Burch is a business and technology journalist based in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Since 2012, Bobby has honed a passion for writing on entrepreneurship and founders building their dreams. He is a former reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal and is a co-founder of Startland News, a publication dedicated to the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kansas City. Outside of writing, Bobby is a fine art nature and wildlife photographer capturing the beauty of U.S. public lands to help conserve them.

Agency Deals

An unconventional wedding launched this agency, which sold 15 years later for 8 figures

A husband-and-wife team grew this marketing agency to 40 employees. Their superpower was staying ahead of social media trends, and figuring out how to get clients on long-term retainers.

Carrie and Dave Kerpen, co-founders of Likeable Media
Media Deals

This writer created a community to help her freelance peers and sold it for 6 figures

Carol Tice wanted to help writers grow their businesses so she launched a community and educational platform that more than 1 million people read each year.

Community Deals

With $8,000 monthly revenue, a community of digital entrepreneurs sold to Stripe

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.

SaaS Deals

How putting in 6 more months helped the founder of this SEO business double his sale price

After being fired from an SEO gig, Adam White was determined to improve his skills. In the process, he built a SaaS that attracted nearly 200 clients — and a purchase offer.

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Platform

These 20-somethings sold their influencer marketing firm for “tens of millions”

As the role of influencers heated up, these young entrepreneurs made it easy to connect with Gen Z. Global brands lined up, and the company brought in 8 figures of revenue by the time it sold in 2022.

Two men stand side by side in front of a cityscape, smiling at the camera. In the background is the logo for They Got Acquired.
SaaS Deals

Using bots to boost SEO fetched this recent college grad a nearly $300K sale

This new graduate wanted to launch a SaaS but wasn’t sure which market to target. His research revealed an opportunity in SEO.

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SaaS Deals

How A/B testing pricing models helped this SaaS founder sell for a 6x revenue multiple

Australian tech founder Samee Hassan wanted to dive into the process of selling a company. That desire led him to list his SaaS, InstaCap, on a marketplace and learn firsthand.

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SaaS Deals

He ‘dogfooded’ a SaaS for his lean e-commerce business and sold it for 8 figures

Michael Dash wanted to grow an e-commerce auto parts business, and ended up building a SaaS tool that solved many marketplace sellers’ challenges.

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