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A travel gear site lost 60% of traffic during the pandemic. Here’s how the company recovered

In 2015, Tom Wahlin quit his job as a design manager at Apple to travel the world. He developed a passion for travel gear and launched Pack Hacker. Six years later, a buyer approached.

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How PsychCentral sold for 7 figures without a single full-time employee

The solo founder of popular mental health website PsychCentral grew his business to $2 million in revenue and sold it for 7 figures with zero full-time employees.

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Determined to keep the company in good hands, this B2B media business sold to its management and employees

Annex Business Media grew through more than 25 acquisitions to 155 full-time employees. Then the founders sold to its own team.

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An unsolicited offer for this cannabis news website came along at the right time

For these revenue-challenged founders, an acquisition offer came at the perfect time.

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This sports writer hit a home run: he sold his newsletter and got to keep writing it

This reporter turned his side project into a full-time gig, writing a newsletter about college sports. But his true passion was writing — not running a business.

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An aged domain and a strategic buyer helped this content site sell for 7x revenue

The Honeymoons.com team was getting older and wasn’t keeping up with the latest tech. But the buyer, Jim Campbell, was just getting started — and was attracted to the domain.

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Seller financing opened an exit opportunity for the founder of this VA training company

Gina Horkey built a virtual assistant training company. After nearly 10 years, seller financing gave her an exit strategy from Fully Booked VA.

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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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