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Startup Acquisition Stories

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!

How One Acquisition Solved a Critical Growth Bottleneck

20 mins; March 31, 2026

Bootstrapped, Profitable, and Acquired in Four Days

12 mins; March 24, 2026

How Usage-Based Pricing Led to a Seven-Figure Exit

56 mins; March 03, 2026

How a Simple Academic Tool Became an Acquired Startup

7 mins; February 24, 2026

Valuable, But Not Truly Scalable

21 mins; February 17, 2026

How Pre-Revenue Startups Became Repeat Exits

15 mins; February 10, 2026

Why Local Habits and Simple Tech Created a Perfect Exit

26 mins; February 03, 2026

Why Clear Execution Made This Acquisition a Sure Thing

17 mins; January 27, 2026

How Building in Public Turned Trust Into a Clean Exit

21 mins; January 20, 2026

From Zero to a Business Ready to Sell

15 mins; January 13, 2026

Why Waiting Made This Startup Actually Worth Selling

26 mins; December 23, 2025

Why Buyers Wanted THIS Design Business

26 mins; December 16, 2025

The Playbook Behind 18 Startup Acquisitions

21 mins; November 25, 2025

How This Bootstrapped App Got a Fast, Clean Exit

27 mins; November 18, 2025

The 48-Hour Rescue That Turned Into a Profitable Acquisition

19 mins; November 11, 2025

One Simple Habit Made This Startup Easy to Sell

21 mins; November 04, 2025

From Two Small Projects to Profitable Exits on Acquire.com

16 mins; October 14, 2025

How Focus Closed SwiftNet in 30 Days

32 mins; October 07, 2025

How a College Shopify App Project Turned Into a Profitable Exit

16 mins; October 01, 2025

What It Takes to Turn Complexity Into a Successful Exit

20 mins; September 24, 2025

The Secrets Behind This Bootstrapped AI App Life-changing Exit

15 mins; September 16, 2025

Bootstrapped, Viral Growth, and a 2-Week Exit

14 mins; September 09, 2025

Scaling AI Content to $1M ARR and a Successful Exit

14 mins; September 02, 2025

Simple Steps to Get a Bootstrapped AI Startup Acquired

17 mins; August 25, 2025

Why Selling a Profitable Startup Was The Best Move

14 mins; August 18, 2025

Why Buying an Ecommerce Business Was the Best Path

16 mins; August 11, 2025

5 Simple Steps To Get a Bootstrapped SaaS Acquired

17 mins; August 04, 2025

How To Sell a Bootstrapped SaaS in 7 Days With No Earn-Out

14 mins; July 29, 2025

How He Acquired an EdTech SaaS and 10x’d Its Revenue

23 mins; July 21, 2025

Profitable. Focused. Built for Dogs. How This Niche eCommerce Brand Got Successfully Acquired

26 mins; June 10, 2025

Built a Profitable Startup and Got Acquired at Just 18

19 mins; June 03, 2025

From Side Hustle to Clean Exit in 30 Days

43 mins; May 27, 2025

The Lean SaaS Exit: PLG, Profitability, and a Strategic Acquisition

16 mins; May 20, 2025

Zero Funding, One Buyer, and a Clean SaaS Exit

33 mins; May 13, 2025

Inside a Bootstrapped Exit: How Johann Sold Jars on Acquire.com

12 mins; April 29, 2025

Bootstrapped, Built, Sold: Luka’s Micro-SaaS Exit

16 mins; April 22, 2025

Built. Sold. Free. A Startup Exit in Just 9 Months

9 mins; April 14, 2025

How to Sell Your Startup for a Life-Changing Payout

22 mins; March 25, 2025

How to Sell Your Startup for a Life-Changing Payout: Lessons from Emmett Cook

22 mins; March 25, 2025

How Emmet Cook Sold His SaaS Business for a Life-Changing Exit

22 mins; March 25, 2025

How This Founder 30x’d a Business Before Selling It: The Story of Copycopter’s Acquisition

14 mins; March 11, 2025

Are You Selling an Asset or Selling a Job?

19 mins; February 27, 2025

How Gabby Rosen Flipped a Newsletter for 18x in Under a Year

16 mins; February 12, 2025

Kamil Almost Went Broke Growing His AI Startup – An Acquisition Saved It

22 mins; February 04, 2025

How to Prime Your Business For a Seamless Acquisition with Sukhpal Saini

20 mins; January 29, 2025

Want to Build an Agency Worth Buying? Spend a Decade Saying Yes

29 mins; January 03, 2025

Look For This When Acquiring Startups, It Could Triple the Resale

12 mins; December 18, 2024

Turning Your Weakest Skill into an Acquire’d Startup

16 mins; December 10, 2024

How Ian Blair Jumped From Building Apps to Selling Laundry Sauce With Acquire.com

20 mins; November 20, 2024

How to Build SaaS for an Industry No One Knows About (Except Your Customers)

26 mins; October 16, 2024

How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days

20 mins; September 25, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Ep #112 | Making $250,000 on His Second Sale on Acquire.com

27 mins; September 19, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Guilhermo Oenning, Founder of Fider

18 mins; August 22, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Jovan Meljevic, Founder of BountyHunter

29 mins; August 07, 2024

Startup Acquisitions Stories Podcast With Victor Metelskiy, Founder of Sitekick.ai

34 mins; July 24, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Pascal Levy-Garboua, CEO of Noosa Labs

30 mins; July 03, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Eric Pacifici of SMB Law Group

17 mins; June 26, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Hussein Reda, Founder of Propty

25 mins; June 18, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Bryan Digiorgio, Founder of 1840 & Company

25 mins; June 14, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Miguel Diaz, Founder of Swearit (Acquisition in Spanish)

12 mins; June 13, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Jeel Patel, Founder of InvoiceOwl

23 mins; June 03, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast With Doug Mitchell of Scale LLP

14 mins; May 20, 2024

Startup Acquisitions Stories Podcast With Nour Shaaban, Founder of a SaaS Acquired for 7-Figures

18 mins; April 24, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Luke Sheppard, Founder of Revive Ratings

39 mins; March 26, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With David Idol, Founder of Computer Mouse For XCloud

22 mins; March 19, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories With Adam Senese, Founder of Linq Commerce

17 mins; March 11, 2024

This Founder Sold His Startup, Bought it Back for Pennies, and Resold it on Acquire.com for 5 Figures

31 mins; March 04, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast with Wil Schroter, Founder of Startups.com

61 hours 17 mins; February 27, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Dani Parra ibanez and Drilon Sqn, Founder of TrustApps

24 mins; January 30, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Martin Galovic, Founder of FanMetrics

15 mins; January 22, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Ken Savage, Founder of Product Launch Pro

19 mins; January 16, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Yahia Bakour, Co-founder of Stock Alarm

23 mins; January 09, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Justin Vanderheide, Founder of Swimgen

21 mins; January 02, 2024

Startup Acquisition Stories with Peter SerVaas, Owner of Peak Transit

19 mins; December 20, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Harinderpreet Singh, Founder of MicMonster

12 mins; December 06, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Salvatore Aiello, Co-founder of DimeADozen

41 mins; November 29, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Simon Thompson, Founder of Podseeker

30 mins; November 14, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Cory Lynch, Founder of Solodrop

27 mins; October 31, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Jes Bickhart, Founder of Minnow

41 mins; October 24, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Daniel Ch, Founder of SimpleInk

40 mins; October 10, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Devon Gethers, Founder of EarlyAdmit

26 mins; October 03, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with David Sorbara, Founder of Barkley HQ

18 mins; September 26, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Alan Li Co-founder of Moxa

26 mins; September 12, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with JM Sanchez Co-founder of Studia

37 mins; August 29, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Mark Spera, Co-founder of GrowthBar

29 mins; August 22, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby

53 mins; August 15, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with JK Molina, Co-founder of Tweet Hunter

48 mins; August 08, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok

26 mins; August 01, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Jeff Richards, Founder of Rayneta

27 mins; July 25, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Jason Allan Scott, Founder of A Podcast Company

33 mins; July 18, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Alex Rainey, Founder of MyAskAI.com

34 mins; July 11, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Noah Bragg, Founder of Potion.so

28 mins; July 05, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Kjael Skaalerud, President of Skaling Ventures

31 mins; June 27, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Anita Kirkovska, Co-founder of VoicePen

28 mins; June 20, 2023

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

21 mins; June 13, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Joe Benjamin, Founder of RevPilots

15 mins; May 30, 2023

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

24 mins; May 23, 2023

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

21 mins; May 16, 2023

Startup Acquisition Stories with Marco Fazio, CEO of Hypeal

21 mins; May 09, 2023

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

23 mins; May 03, 2023

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