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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!
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SaaS IT UP 🎙️

Republic of SaaS

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We bring the global voice from the SaaS and the digital universe. As we speak with entrepreneurs, VCs, and ecosystem partners, we will unravel unique stories about their choices and the books that shape their worldview. www.republicofsaas.com Subscribe to the show on your favourite podcast app. Connect with your community members at https://web3ocean.uncut.network/ If you have any feedback, feel free to drop a note at audiolab@republicofsaas.com or connect with the host at https://twitter.co ...
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Founders and marketers are always busy. While there are many marketing podcasts out there telling great stories, frustratingly few give real-life growth marketing tactics. That’s what makes 30 Minutes of Growth different. Host Alex Garcia, of Marketing Examined, dives into his guest’s brain and pulls out actionable playbooks against the clock. Every episode Alex pulls out not one, not two, but three growth marketing playbooks for you to instantly put into practice... before time runs out. Th ...
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Imagine that you are friends with hundreds of the most successful Entrepreneurs, Executives & Investors on the planet. Now imagine that each one of them has a playbook detailing their most valuable strategies, lessons and tactics that have allowed them to build and lead wildly successful companies... and now they’re yours. That is what The Founder’s Playbook Podcast delivers. Hosted by Entrepreneur & Philanthropist, Chris Vasquez, this show is built to empower you with the mindset, tools and ...
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Two-Sided - The Marketplace Podcast

Sjoerd Handgraaf / Sharetribe

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Two-Sided, the podcast about building an online marketplace business. Two-sided of course, because we’ll discuss Demand & Supply, but also the good side and the bad side, the easy stuff and the hard stuff, and how it looks from the outside versus what is really going on on the inside of an online marketplace. In this series, we sit down with marketplace entrepreneurs, investors and other brilliant minds who work with online marketplaces and two-sided platforms every single day. We will talk ...
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Curious what a professional small startup acquirer cares about when scouting a business to purchase? There are a growing group of people who make a living out of acquiring growing startups and taking them to new heights. Pascal Levy-Garboua, founder of Noosa Labs is one of these experts. Pascal started Noosa after 20 years in tech – mostly startups…
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What are the three biggest mistakes SME buyers make when choosing an M&A lawyer? M&A professional Eric Pacifici says new buyers often pick lawyers who: Aren’t entrepreneurial Bill hourly rather than flat rate Don’t have M&A experience After years of cementing billion-dollar deals at Kirkland & Ellis (the largest firm in the world by revenue), Eric …
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Here’s a fun stat for you, the homeowner association (HOA) industry in the US alone was worth $38.8 billion in 2023. Hussein Reda tapped into some of that value during the Covid lockdowns when he created his startup, Propty, to help HOA meetings run meetings and vote remotely. Pre-Covid, Hussein had just purchased his first property in an apartment…
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What’s the trick to buying offshore businesses as a US buyer? Bryan Digiorgio of 1840 & Company says buyers need to understanding two things: It requires a lot of documents and processes You need to get started with them as soon as possible because they’re sequential Bryan’s had a bit of experience on this topic, his main business today is setting …
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Selling your business to a buyer in the same country is tough. Imagine doing it across international borders. Miguel Diaz spent three years building Swearit, a blockchain-based authenticity verification platform. However, he realized that it could scale better in the hands of another founder so he looked for a place to sell. In Miguel’s opinion, mo…
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Jeel Patel and his father built InvoiceOwl, an online invoicing tool for tradesmen like plumbers after Jeel noticed his family’s landscaper using an inefficient paper invoicing system. Three years later, they sold the company for six figures on Acquire.com. Listen to Jeel share his insights and learnings from running his startup to the acquisition …
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Acquisition lawyer at Scale LLP, Doug Mitchell, recalls one of the closest calls he’s ever encountered while advising a sale. For this episode of SASP, Doug sat down with Andrew Gazdecki to discuss: What kinds of deals he does What lawyers normally manage in SME deals How much he charges for his retainer And what Doug does in his free time. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬…
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Lebanese founder, Nour Shaaban just sold his SaaS business on Acquire.com for a life-changing sum. While he can’t reveal too many details due to his non-disclosure agreement (NDA), he agreed to hop on the SASP podcast to talk about his experience building and selling his business. Listen to Nour’s chat with Andrew as they discuss: The benefits of t…
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Luke Sheppard recently finished his bachelor’s degree at BYU with a little more spending money and work experience than most grads. He just sold his startup for $500,000 at age 23. While attending university to study business, Luke launched a company called Revive Ratings. It was a marketing SaaS targeted at insurance agencies. He sold it in just o…
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In a moment of frustration, David Idol created his first successful Chrome extension, Computer Mouse for XCloud. In just a few short months, he was making $4,000 per month in revenue and he eventually sold his project for 5-figures. Here’s how it happened. David was working at Microsoft for Xbox Live when they launched XCloud, their cloud gaming ap…
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What would you do if you were stuck in a cabin during an Icelandic snowstorm? Adam Senese and his brother came up with their Shopify app for product bundling, Linq Commerce, trapped in an Airbnb for the day during the dead of the Icelandic winter. The cofounders went home and launched Linq Commerce in early 2020 right as covid hit the world and peo…
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If someone told you they did what you just read in this title, you’d probably think they’d committed a crime. But Qayyum Rajan’s good fortune was a surprise twist of fate. Early in 2023, Qayyum sold his business, ESG Analytics, to a private equity firm. But, his acquirer ran out of money and offered the business back to him for next to nothing a fe…
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Most venture-backed startups fail. It’s a well-known fact, yet many venture-backed founders choose to burn out and ride their dying startups into the ground. Few realize they have options like M&A that could salvage their business for both themselves and their investors. Wil Schroter, founder of Startups.com knows all about failing startups. He fou…
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Working a nine-to-five can be a great launchpad for a successful SaaS application. Just ask Belgian founders Dani Ibanez and Drilon Sqn. Using their industry experience, they created a review application for Shopify called TrustReviews and sold it for six figures.Dani and Drilon look similar (and even finish each other's sentences) but they've purs…
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In this special, one-off mini-episode of Two-sided, Sjoerd asks for your help and reflects back on the past ten years of building marketplace software at Sharetribe. On January 30th, 2024, Sharetribe launched its best marketplace builder today on Product Hunt. We were featured as #2 Product of the Day! Thank you so much for your support! With the n…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Martin Galovic, Founder of FanMetrics ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Martin Galovic - https://twitter.com/martinglvc https://fansmetrics.com (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://acquire.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Ken Savage, Founder of Product Launch Pro ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Ken Savage - https://twitter.com/kensavage https://www.linkedin.com/in/kensavage/ https://productlaunchpro.com (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdeck…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Yahia Bakour, Co-founder of Stock Alarm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Yahia Bakour - https://twitter.com/mynameisyahia https://www.linkedin.com/in/yahia-bakour/ https://stockalarm.io/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Justin Vanderheide, Founder of Swimgen ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Justin Vanderheide - https://twitter.com/Jayvanderheide https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinvanderheide https://swimgen.net/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/ag…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Peter SerVaas, Owner of Peak Transit ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Peter SerVaas ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterservaas/ https://twitter.com/pjservaas/ https://www.peaktransit.com/ SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Harinderpreet Singh, Founder of MicMonster ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Harinderpreet Singh ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/harinderpreet/ https://listenmonster.com/ https://micmonster.com (sold) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdec…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Salvatore Aiello, Co-founder of DimeADozen ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Salvatore Aiello ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/dested/ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicapowers/ (Co-founder) ⁠⁠https://www.dimeadozen.ai/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.lin…
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Michele chats with Jesse J. Anderson, aka ADHD Jesse, about finding out one has ADHD as an adult, entrepreneurship as people with ADHD, parenting an ADHD child, and more. Get Jesse's book "Extra Focus: The Quick-Start Guide to Adult ADHD" and join his newsletter: https://adhdjesse.com/ + Recommended book on parenting kids with ADHD: ADD Superparent…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Simon Thompson, Founder of Podseeker ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Simon Thompson https://simonthompson.co/ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-lynch-94b85785/⁠ ⁠https://solodrop.com/⁠ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ⁠https://twitter.com/agazdecki⁠/ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​⁠ ⁠https:…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Cory Lynch, Founder of Solodrop ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Cory Lynch https://twitter.com/thecorylynch https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-lynch-94b85785/ https://solodrop.com/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.co…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Jes Bickhart, Founder of Minnow Follow the Guest: Jes Bickhart https://twitter.com/JesBickhart https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesbickhart/ http://www.minnowtv.com/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/ Follow Acquire.com http…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch, Founder of SimpleInk ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Daniel Ch https://www.linkedin.com/in/chddaniel/ https://twitter.com/chddaniel https://simple.ink (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com/ Follow Acquire…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Devon Gethers, Founder of EarlyAdmit ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: Devon Gethers - ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/devon-gethers/ ► https://twitter.com/gethersdevon ► https://earlyadmit.com/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ ►…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with David Sorbara, Founder of Barkley HQ. Highlights: Years in Business: 4 years Sale Price: High six-figures Buyer Interest: 80 NDAs (Request for more details) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow the Guest: David Sorbara https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsorbara/ https://twitter.com/davidmsorbara https://barkleyhq.com/ (SOLD) …
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Alan Li Co-founder of Moxa Follow the Guest: Alan Li - ► https://linkedin.com/in/alan-li-711a8629► https://twitter.com/alanliberkeleyFollow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/agazdecki​► https://linkedin.com/in/agazdecki► https://acquire.comFollow Acquire.com -► https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom► http…
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The R&D Tax Credit still exists, and it might be able to help you offset the Section 174 changes. Michele talks to R&D Tax Credit expert Jonathan Cardella of Strike Tax Advisory to learn more. Learn more: What is the R&D Tax Credit? IRS R&D Tax Credit rules Please note: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not tax advice. Talk to …
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Startup Acquisition Stories with JM Sanchez Co-founder of Studia Follow the Guest: JM Sanchez - ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmsanchezbarbera/► https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-korneev/ (Partner)► https://www.studia-us.com (SOLD)Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/agazdecki​► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​► https…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Mark Spera, Co-founder of GrowthBar Follow the Guest: Mark Spera - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-spera-90a62322 https://www.linkedin.com/in/hailey-friedman-44897734 (Hailey Friedman (Co-founder) https://twitter.com/growthmktingpro https://www.growthbarseo.com (SOLD) http://www.growthmarketingpro.com Follow the Ho…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby Follow the Guest: Josh Kim - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshjiwonkim/ https://thecubby.com/ (SOLD) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com Follow Acquire.com - https://twitter.com/acquiredotcom https…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with JK Molina, Co-founder of Tweet Hunter Follow the Guest: JK Molina ► https://twitter.com/OneJKMolina ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/jkmolina/ ► https://tweethunter.io/ (Sold) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ ► https://acquire.com Follow Acqui…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Ayoub Moustaid, Founder of Fastdok Follow the Guest: Ayoub Moustaid - https://twitter.com/mstdayoub https://www.linkedin.com/in/moustaidayoub/ https://www.fastdok.com/ (Sold) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - https://twitter.com/agazdecki​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/​ https://acquire.com Follow Acquire.c…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Jeff Richards, Founder of Rayneta Follow the Guest: Jeff Richards - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreyscottrichards/ https://twitter.com/notjeffrichards https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittney-bowles/ (Co-founder of Wolf Republic) https://www.wolfrepublic.com/ (Sold) https://rayneta.com/ Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdec…
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Serial entrepreneur Jason Allan Scott recently sold his international podcast agency, aptly named “A Podcast Company”, on Acquire.com. He found the experience to be one of the smoothest exits he’s been a part of and shares his journey in this interview. Follow the Guest: Jason Allan Scott - https://twitter.com/JasonAllanScott https://www.linkedin.c…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Alex Rainey, Founder of MyAskAI.com Learn How to Sell Your SaaS From a Founder with 3x Sold Follow the Guest: Alex Rainey - ► https://twitter.com/RaineyAllDay ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-rainey/ ► 3x SaaS Sold on Acquire.com ► https://myaskai.com/ (Now Building) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://tw…
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From #BuildinPublic to Selling His SaaS for $300,000 Follow the Guest: Noah Bragg - ► https://twitter.com/noahwbragg ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahbragg/ ► https://supportman.io/ (Sold on Acquire.com) ► https://potion.so/ (Sold on Acquire.com) ► https://www.trustscore.gg/ (Now Building) Follow the Host: Andrew Gazdecki - ► https://twitter.com/a…
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Kjael Skaalerud is the Founder and President of Skaling Ventures, a Private Equity firm acquiring and operating micro-SaaS businesses. Kjael recently made their first acquisition via Acquire.com and is taking a very cool #buildinpublic approach by sharing in-depth details around building their portfolio starting with this first one. Kjael jumped on…
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Startup Acquisition Stories with Anita Kirkovska, Co-founder of VoicePen Co-founders Anita Kirkovska and Marina Trajkovska recently sold their no-code SaaS business Biyo, a personal bio page featuring videos and links for creators, on Acquire.com. ============= Founder Guest: Anita Kirkovska https://twitter.com/anitakirkovska https://twitter.com/ma…
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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://a…
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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…
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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.c…
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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…
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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.…
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