Services Deals

A diplomat stuck stateside started tutoring on the side. She built a 7-figure business, then sold it when the pandemic changed the online landscape for test prep.

“I was definitely building the plane as I was flying it,” said Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, the founder of Colorado In-Home Counseling.

Strategic acquisitions helped this photography firm, which specialized in real estate, grow their team and market share—until they landed their own sale opportunity.

Gabe Murillo scaled PodcastPress, a podcast production service, to 200 clients with the help of startup accelerator grants and paid media.

Andrej Ilisin learned SEO in its early days, which set him on the path of buying and selling websites, before he launched a services firm dedicated to founders doing the same thing.

Founder Grace McBride conceived of TripKit for a class project at Cornell and saw enough demand to build the business. Three years later, she and her co-founder sold the company.

Former DJ Mischa Sigtermans stumbled into web design, then built his one-person agency to $10,000 MRR. His buyer wanted to broaden their client base.