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When pay equity startup 81cents founder Jordan Sale was considering joining another company through an acquihire, she explored the option in an unusual way: by going on a 12-hour road trip with the potential buyer.

Mind The Product switched from in-person events to online memberships to survive the pandemic. The move also led to its sale to software company Pendo.

Launched as a portfolio site, ArtStation became an online community and marketplace for creatives before being acquired by 3D game producer Epic Games.

Create & Cultivate, a community for women professionals and entrepreneurs, doubled down on digital experiences amid the pandemic and saw 7-figure profitability in 2020.

This company started as a weekly Twitter chat for beginner coders, before growing to a community of more than 100,000 programmers.

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.

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