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This is the story of how Anna Maste and Marianne Edwards, a mother-daughter duo, bootstrapped and sold a membership site for RVers called Boondockers Welcome.

Founder Courtland Allen built Indie Hackers to serve as a knowledge-sharing platform for SaaS founders, a valuable audience for Stripe’s financial services.

Founder Austin Petersmith built a community of SaaS power users who shared tips, pricing and negotiation information with their peers to help maximize their software subscriptions.

A lot of tweets disappear into the ether. Luckily, the right person saw this one — and it led to a successful acquisition.

Lindsay Pinchuk had 100,000 email subscribers for her business, Bump Club & Beyond. But she hadn’t seriously considered selling until a buyer came knocking.