Wealth management software company HiddenLevers was at a crossroads. The founders could raise money or sell. They opted for the latter — and received a stunning 16x revenue multiple.
When Tuncay Senturk built a plugin to customize Atlassian workflow software, he was not planning to start a company. Fifteen years later, he sold Snapbytes to industry peer Appfire.
Co-founder Sharon Gillenwater spent 14 years growing her executive database. She shared how the sale happened — and how much money she actually walked away with.
These life partners lamented boring project management apps, so they built their own. One Jira app turned into six — and a team of 11 contractors — before they decided to sell.