Mallie Kim

Brigitte Lyons systematized her agency’s operations so she could be a digital nomad without spending all day on Zoom. Her efforts paid off when it was time to sell.

When this virtual body positivity conference and community grew big enough to need a dedicated team, its founders sought a buyer with shared values.

Dmitry Dragilev didn’t want to sell his SEO SaaS TopicRanker just to cash out. Getting acquired was a way to scale up and still stay at the helm.

These founders didn’t set out to build a software development and near-shore tech staffing company, but that route led their firm Whiz onto the fast track.

Air HR co-founder Nick Holzherr had long used Upwork to build teams. So when it was time to sell his business, he hired on the freelance platform for M&A support, too.

He left a corporate job with no clients and no money in the bank, at the start of a global pandemic. Four years later, Lens End Media was bringing in 7 figures.

These founders grew their SEO content-building software Contentpace through intense, strategic focus on customers and sold for 2.5x revenue

The founders of no-code customer onboarding software Userflow turned the adage “the more people you add, the less you work,” on its head, building to millions in revenue with a tiny team.