Acquisitions and exits
Selling a company is the biggest financial decision most founders make, often with little practice. These cover buyers, timing, valuation and the emotional side of letting go.
11 entries on this shelf, our first picks at the top
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The Founder's Guide to Selling Your SaaS for What It's Actually Worth
Episode, Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, 40 minBest forFounders above $2M ARR who think buyers will just show up.
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When to Sell Your SaaS Business: How to Get a 5x Better Offer
Talk, Einar Vollset, 21 minBest forFounders thinking about an exit in the next few years who want to know what moves the price.
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How to Sell Your Business Without Regret
Episode, Rob Walling, Sherry Walling, 37 minBest forFounders thinking about selling who have not thought about the day after.
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What I Learned Buying, Growing, and Selling My Startup
Article, Rob Walling, 6 min readBest forFounders weighing whether to buy an existing app or sell one to focus on something bigger.
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Private Equity SaaS Acquisitions: The 6 Types of Buyers
Talk, Einar Vollset, 10 minBest forFounders getting inbound acquisition interest who can't tell a serious PE buyer from a bargain hunter.
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Increase Your Exit Price by Decoupling Yourself from Your Business with John Warrillow
Episode, Rob Walling, John Warrillow, 31 minBest forFounders who are the single point of failure in their own company.
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How a Non-Technical Founder Bootstrapped a SaaS to a $3.5M Exit
Talk, Spencer Patterson, 16 minBest forNon-technical founders who dislike cold outreach and want other ways to find customers.
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The Psychology of Building and Selling a SaaS: 5 Lessons Exits Teach Founders
Talk, Sherry Walling, Rob Walling, 31 minBest forFounders who want to understand their own relationship to the business before an exit forces the question.
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How to Bootstrap and Sell a SaaS: 10 Lessons from WebinarNinja Founder Omar Zenhom
Talk, Omar Zenhom, 25 minBest forFounders several years in who are asking whether to keep going, hire up, or sell.
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Building a SaaS Business You Can Sell
Article, Thomas Smale, 5 min readBest forFounders who might sell in the next few years and want to avoid fixable deal-killers.
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The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)
Article, Rob Walling, 8 min readBest forDevelopers who would rather buy and repair a small struggling app than build from zero.