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Mallie Kim

Mallie Kim

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Mallie Kim is a reporter based on Long Island, New York, primarily covering local political and education news, as well as human-interest features.

Mallie holds a Masters of Professional Studies in Journalism from Georgetown University. She covered national politics and policy for U.S. News & World Report in Washington, D.C., before spending a decade living in Asia and Europe, periodically writing and editing for topical publications and websites in between exploring various cultures and enjoying local food.

SaaS

These SaaS founders focused less on building – and more on listening

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

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SaaS

How these founders grew their SaaS to $4.6 million ARR with a lean team of 3

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.

Services

This founder sold his marketing agency to his own VP of operations

When founder Mike Belasco was ready to step out of the agency-life grind, he sought out the perfect buyer — and found one close to home.

SaaS

How this developer’s apps for Atlassian landed a deal with a major player

When Tuncay Senturk built a plugin to customize Atlassian workflow software, he was not planning to start a company. Fifteen years later, he sold Snapbytes to industry peer Appfire.

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Agency

This founder sold his SEO agency but retained ownership of his A/B testing SaaS

SEO agency Distilled sold to digital media agency Brainlabs, while the founder kept its software business unit as his next initiative.

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Content

After two deals fell through, this founder sold his events-focused content business

Julius Solaris weathered two failed acquisitions before striking a deal, an experience that taught him the importance of confidence in getting acquired.

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