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.
An investor connected the founder of calendar app Cron with productivity platform Notion, leading to a sale and integration of their complementary products.
“Everything we did was more about effort than money,” WhiskerCloud founder Adam Greenbaum said. He shared how he grew the agency to 2,000+ clients before selling.
“We had a good idea, and we had a team that had the right connections in an industry where relationships drive pretty much everything,” said Charlie Lieu, AirTerra’s co-founder.
It took a few tries. They made many mistakes. But eventually, these two entrepreneurs found success with two social media platforms that help people build their brands.
Four founders came together to build Venio Systems, an e-discovery platform for law firms. Ten years later, they weren’t all convinced it was time to sell.