Community

In 2015, Stephania Varalli and Alicia Skalin became the third owners of Women of Influence. In 2022, they had grown the community’s social followers 20x and were ready to find a fourth owner.

Three co-founders sold an SEO education community, Traffic Think Tank, to global SEO leader Semrush for $1.8 million.

The co-founders’ busy freelancing careers made it hard to continue running the community, and selling to OutVoice made sense for both parties.

Lindsay Pinchuk had 130,000 email subscribers for her business, Bump Club & Beyond. But she hadn’t seriously considered selling until a buyer came knocking.

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.

He sold his first company to Conde Nast. More than a decade later, with lessons learned, he sold his second.

Indie Hackers served as a knowledge-sharing platform for SaaS founders, a valuable audience for Stripe’s financial services. Stripe bought the business in 2017, and six years later, the founders bought it back.

Instead of selling her company, The Fertility Tribe founder Kristyn Hodgdon joined forces with a tech startup to launch Rescripted, a fertility treatment platform and community.