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

  1. The Founder's Guide to Selling Your SaaS for What It's Actually Worth

    Episode, Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, 40 min

    Best forFounders above $2M ARR who think buyers will just show up.

  2. When to Sell Your SaaS Business: How to Get a 5x Better Offer

    Talk, Einar Vollset, 21 min

    Best forFounders thinking about an exit in the next few years who want to know what moves the price.

  3. How to Sell Your Business Without Regret

    Episode, Rob Walling, Sherry Walling, 37 min

    Best forFounders thinking about selling who have not thought about the day after.

  4. What I Learned Buying, Growing, and Selling My Startup

    Article, Rob Walling, 6 min read

    Best forFounders weighing whether to buy an existing app or sell one to focus on something bigger.

  5. Private Equity SaaS Acquisitions: The 6 Types of Buyers

    Talk, Einar Vollset, 10 min

    Best forFounders getting inbound acquisition interest who can't tell a serious PE buyer from a bargain hunter.

  6. Increase Your Exit Price by Decoupling Yourself from Your Business with John Warrillow

    Episode, Rob Walling, John Warrillow, 31 min

    Best forFounders who are the single point of failure in their own company.

  7. How a Non-Technical Founder Bootstrapped a SaaS to a $3.5M Exit

    Talk, Spencer Patterson, 16 min

    Best forNon-technical founders who dislike cold outreach and want other ways to find customers.

  8. The Psychology of Building and Selling a SaaS: 5 Lessons Exits Teach Founders

    Talk, Sherry Walling, Rob Walling, 31 min

    Best forFounders who want to understand their own relationship to the business before an exit forces the question.

  9. How to Bootstrap and Sell a SaaS: 10 Lessons from WebinarNinja Founder Omar Zenhom

    Talk, Omar Zenhom, 25 min

    Best forFounders several years in who are asking whether to keep going, hire up, or sell.

  10. Building a SaaS Business You Can Sell

    Article, Thomas Smale, 5 min read

    Best forFounders who might sell in the next few years and want to avoid fixable deal-killers.

  11. The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 1)

    Article, Rob Walling, 8 min read

    Best forDevelopers who would rather buy and repair a small struggling app than build from zero.