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Mallie Kim

Mallie Kim

Reporter

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.

Agency Deals

How a strategic barter helped this founder scale up his video production company

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.

Ibrahim Zafar, founder of Lens End Media
SaaS Deals

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

SaaS Deals

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 Deals

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.

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SaaS Deals

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 Deals

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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Media Deals

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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