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Postmates started because of an idea on a surf-trip.
In 9 years, Uber acquired it for $2.6B, making it one of the biggest "delivery"

Congrats to this bootstrapped founder on their 6-figure acquisition on acquire.com!

The riches are in the niches.
You don’t need a massive TAM.

You just need a solid product.
That solves a real problem
For a

Ever been told your startup is worth less than you think?

I just recorded a podcast with a founder who was told by others

Write down your startup's top 1-3 priorities.

On a giant white board.

And only focus on making progress there.

Everything else is just a distraction.

Cheap capital makes selling your business easy.

In 2024, not so much.

Rising interest rates and inflation have pushed the cost of borrowing to

Advice for entrepreneurs:

- Execution is everything
- Learn sales and marketing
- Take care of yourself
- Be consistent
- Play the long game
- Learn from failures
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In 2005, Silicon Valley witnessed a clash of 2 titans: Larry Ellison & Thomas Siebel. The story of Oracle buying one of its

You’ve already won the game if you are:

Building a startup around a problem you’re passionate about and with people you care about.

How do you turn $25,000 into a 7-figure business?

Kyle Bigley bootstrapped his way to a 7-figure ARR startup by doing more than just

You’ve already won the game if you are:

Building a startup around a problem you’re passionate about and with people you care about.

Profitable startups get acquired fast.

If your business has 3 years of profit, you'll get a ton of interest from buyers.

New startups can

Another startup acquired on acquire.com: StoryBlaze

- 71 interested buyers
- 5 competing offers
- 48 day acquisition timeline
- 81% profit margin
- all cash at closing
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You're never bored building a startup.

Either you're putting out a huge fire.

Or creating another huge fire to put out later.

It's great.

Another startup acquired on acquire.com: Studio IX

- 48 interested buyers
- 2 competing offers
- 78 day acquisition timeline
- 74% profit margin
- 5.9x profit multiple
-

Talk Hiring was successfully acquired on acquire.com with more competing offers than we could count.

We helped make sure Harris Osserman (the founder) maximized

Another startup acquired on acquire.com: DoneDone

- 115 interested buyers
- 7 competing offers
- 3.7x profit multiple
- 2.1x revenue multiple
- 152 days from LOI to

To succeed every startup needs an outrageously optimistic person.

This role is for the founder.

Because if you don’t believe in your business who will?

Shout out to all the pre-revenue startups!

Please focus on sales and marketing for a bit.

Because customers will not randomly find your product.

No matter