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Startup Acquisition Stories

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Get the inside look at how startup founders and entrepreneurs used Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) to sell their startup or buy an online business. Learn tips on how to vet sellers/buyers, justify valuations, negotiate terms, handle due diligence, asset transfers, escrow, post-acquisition support, and more!

  • 168 episodes
  • Updated July 14

Episodes168

  • Jun 13, 2023 · 21 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ruslan Leteyski, Founder & CEO of Checkout X

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ruslan Leteyski, Founder & CEO of Checkout X Founder Guest: Ruslan Leteyski- https://www.linkedin.com/in/leteyski/ https://twitter.com/leteyski https://www.checkout-x.com/ https://apps.shopify.com/upsellin (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • May 30, 2023 · 15 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Joe Benjamin, Founder of RevPilots

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Joe Benjamin, Founder of RevPilots Founder Guest: Joe Benjamin - https://twitter.com/JoeBenjamin_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebenjamin1/ https://revpilots.com/ https://www.renewaltracking.com/ (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • May 23, 2023 · 24 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Colin Dougherty, Director of Marketing at Zenlytic

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Colin Dougherty, Director of Marketing at Zenlytic Founder Guest: Colin Dougherty https://twitter.com/ColinDougherty_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-dougherty-b1766217b/ https://www.camskns.com/ (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • May 16, 2023 · 21 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ihor Stefurak, Co-founder of Mentalwalk

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ihor Stefurak, Co-founder of Mentalwalk Founder Guest: Ihor Stefurak - https://twitter.com/ihorstefurak https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorstefurak/ https://typeslashai.com/ (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • May 9, 2023 · 21 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Marco Fazio, CEO of Hypeal

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Marco Fazio, CEO of Hypeal Founder Guest: Marco Fazio - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcofazio1/ https://www.hypeal.com/ https://litotravel.com/ (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • May 3, 2023 · 23 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Guillaume Bardet, CMO of Testimonial.to

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Guillaume Bardet, CMO of Testimonial.to Founder Guest: Guillaume Bardet- https://twitter.com/GuillaumeBardet https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumebardet/ https://testimonial.to/ https://qlearly.com/ (Sold) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com

  • Apr 25, 2023 · 17 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Varun Kundra, Co-Founder of Beam Commerce

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Varun Kundra, Co-Founder of Beam Commerce Founder Guest: Varun Kundra - https://twitter.com/varkundra https://www.linkedin.com/in/vk1/ https://www.beamcommerce.com/ https://apps.shopify.com/perfect-product-finder (SOLD) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Apr 18, 2023 · 14 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Jake Prins, Founder of TeamSmart AI

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Jake Prins, Founder of TeamSmart AI Founder Guest: Jake Prins https://twitter.com/jake_prins https://www.teamsmart.ai/ https://serverless.page/ (SOLD) Host: Andrew Gazdecki https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Apr 11, 2023 · 28 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Nico Jeanne, Founder of Galeby

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Nico Jeanne, Founder of Galeby Founder Guest: Nico Jeanne - https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen https://galeby.com/ https://makelogo.ai/ (SOLD) Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Apr 4, 2023 · 15 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ranjit Bhinge, CEO of Atomic Fusion

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ranjit Bhinge, CEO of Atomic Fusion Ranjit Bhinge - https://twitter.com/ranjitbhinge https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranjitbhinge/ https://atomicfusion.io/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Mar 28, 2023 · 22 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Lotanna Ezeike, Founder of Creator Check

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Lotanna Ezeike, Founder of Creator Check Lotanna Ezeike - https://twitter.com/lottsnomad https://www.creatorcheck.io/ TripVisa and VisaBot (SOLD) Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Feb 21, 2023 · 20 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with David Mellstrom, Co-founder of Buddy

    Startup Acquisition Stories with David Mellstrom, Co-founder of Buddy David Mellstrom- https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mellstrom-b2867097/ https://buddytexts.com/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/

  • Jan 31, 2023 · 28 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories wtih Ryan Kulp, Founder of Fork Equity

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Ryan Kulp, Founder of Fork Equity. Ryan is a seasoned entrepreneur having found, bought, and sold multiple startups since 2015. He's the founder of a micro-PE firm called Fork Equity and has a leading course on buying and selling startups via microacquisitions.com (no affiliation to the microacquire.com). Ryan is an early adopter of Acquire.com and has both successfully bought and sold online businesses on the platform. Listen to the full episode to hear more about how Ryan fell into M&A, why he favors solo founders when looking for startups to buy, and the story of how he built a SaaS in 30 days and sold it within a few hours of listing on Acquire.com. ======== Ryan Kulp- https://twitter.com/ryanckulp https://forkequity.com/ https://microacquisitions.com/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/

  • Jan 24, 2023 · 44 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Sam Lillicrap, Founder of Alignr

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Sam Lillicrap, Founder of Alignr Sam found a buyer for his startup (Alignr) on Acquire.com in late 2022 after listing it for only three to four months on the marketplace. Sam Lillicrap- https://twitter.com/SamLillicrap https://www.linkedin.com/in/samlillicrap/ https://www.alignrapp.com/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://acquire.com/ https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom

  • Nov 29, 2022 · 21 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with JJ Englert, Founder of Jump Studios

    Startup Acquisition Stories with JJ Englert, Founder of Jump Studios JJ Englert - https://twitter.com/JJEnglert https://jumpstudios.io/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://microacquire.com/

  • Nov 22, 2022 · 29 min

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Andrew Amann, CEO at 923 Venture Studio

    Startup Acquisition Stories with Andrew Amann, CEO at 923 Venture Studio Andrew Amann - https://twitter.com/andrewamann https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewamann/ https://www.ninetwothree.co/ Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/ https://microacquire.com/