Bobby Burch

These co-founders previously worked at Shopify and recognized an opportunity to create a business serving customers of their former employer’s platform.

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.

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.

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.

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