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Robin Hartill

Robin Hartill

Robin Hartill is a Florida-based writer and editor who specializes in personal finance and investing. She is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and writes The Penny Hoarder’s “Dear Penny” personal finance advice column. Her work has been published in the Tampa Bay Times, The Motley Fool, USA TODAY, Investopedia, Yahoo! Finance and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She is a graduate of the University of Florida.

Resources

What happens when a company sells for less money than it raised in funding? We explain

Do founders get anything when they sell the business for little more than they raised? Here’s what those cases typically look like for founders and investors.

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E-commerce

This couple sold $3.5M of newborn props on Amazon, then sold to an aggregator for $2M

First Landings founder Danny Vivier created a niche in the baby products market while working a full-time job. Three years later, he landed a deal with an Amazon aggregator.

Podcast

From failed startup to 6-figure exit: Manuel Frigerio’s ReferralHero journey

Sometimes it takes building one business to figure out what to build next. That was the case for Manuel Frigerio, who built and sold a Saas, ReferralHero.