Carson Kohler

These entrepreneurs purchased the newsletter marketplace Duuce in 2022. Just 16 months later, they sold it for double the purchase price. Here’s how they did it.

Rebekah Bastian, co-founder of the online community OwnTrail, felt like she was just getting started — but she ran out of cash, forcing her into an abrupt exit.

In 2021, Talia Koren got an unofficial valuation of her meal-prep company, Workweek Lunch. She took it as a challenge to continue to grow — a decision she now regrets.

In 2016, BarBend couldn’t get VC funding. Buzzfeed was all the rage; BarBend was too niche. Seven years later, the website was far beyond niche — and buyers were interested.

His hospitalization was the wake-up call he needed, but it took Streamline Marketing’s founder more than a year to find the right buyer.

SlidesCarnival could have ended up like the rest of Jimena Catalina Gayo’s projects: forgotten. Instead, it turned into a lucrative monthly income — and a deal with Canva.

At first, Mathew Passy thought it was spam: Someone slid into his LinkedIn DMs looking to buy The Podcast Consultant. “I’m glad I didn’t just ignore it,” he said.

He started by listing foot masks on Amazon. When they sold out, Adi Gullia saw an opportunity in skincare. He launched Grace & Stella, which earned $85M+ in lifetime revenue.