8 Figures

First-time founder Greg Poirier started CloudKettle with a 10-year roadmap to acquisition — and told all his employees about it. Here’s how it worked out.

When Antoine Paré joined DashThis in 2015, the company was fast growing but chaotic. Buying out the previous CEO and steadying the ship led to a successful sale.

After passing her NP exam, Sarah Michelle Boes launched a virtual course to help others prepare. Seven months later, she hit $1 million in revenue. Two years later, she sold without a broker.

After a decade running their campus safety app, an interested buyer offered these brothers $20 million for their campus safety app. They declined. Here’s what happened next.

Patience paid for co-founders Pramod Dabir and Varun Bathina. They signed an exclusivity agreement with a buyer — then faced multiple months-long hurdles.

Artificial intelligence is all the rage now, but founders like FriendlyData’s Michael Rumiantsau have been quietly building and scaling AI-driven companies for years.

Augmented Pixels disrupted the outdated mapping industry. Its founder, who wasn’t in the market to sell, was wooed by client Qualcomm due to “good timing and terms.”

A husband-and-wife team grew this marketing agency to 40 employees. Their superpower was staying ahead of social media trends, and figuring out how to get clients on long-term retainers.