At age 21, Victor Nihoul and Wesley Wasielewski built a cybersecurity app for users of the no-code platform Bubble. Less than 18 months later, Bubble approached with an offer.
For a decade, four co-founders worked full time while building Really Good Emails on the side. During a meeting about a potential partnership, the idea of selling came up.
Charlie Cannon wanted to make drones more affordable, so he started EXO Drones at the age of 19. Less than two years later — before he’d graduated college — he found a buyer.
Nay-sayers told Kristi Saucerman she could never make money with nonprofits. She proved them wrong, growing to $1 million in revenue — and attracting a buyer.
Founder Mike Sorenson has failed to sell his real estate analytics firm four times. When an interested buyer approached during a time of high growth, he knew it was time.
Founder Fergus Kibble calls COVID a “near-death experience” for his PR and marketing agency. But a smart strategy and interested buyer led him to sell just a couple years later.
