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Ep. 130 Why LinkedIn Acquired This Dorm Room Startup
Harpaul Sambhi's company was 8 days away from bankruptcy. So why would LinkedIn want to buy it for millions?
7 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 129 From Food Stamps To A Seven-figure Exit
While Michael Pedone survived off of food stamps as a kid, he dreamed of living a lifestyle where money wasn't scarce. Fast-forward a few decades, an…
7 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 128 Third Time's A Charm: From False Starts To Finishing Big
Scott Miller knew that telling his employees he wanted to sell his $3M company, Miller Restoration, could get messy. But he wasn't prepared for what …
7 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 127 How Forecasting The Future Led To A $100M Sale
Back when mobile phones had green screens with black dots on them, Andy Nulman founded Airborne Mobile. In one year, the company went from $2M in rev…
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 126 Getting A Second Bite Of The Apple
Richard Manders co-founded iAutomation and built it up to $12M before deciding it was time to recapitalize. Manders sold 75% of his company for almos…
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 125 Built to Flip: From Start Up To Sell Out In Just 2 Years
After a motorcycle accident shattered Jon Read's collar bone into 6 pieces, he wasn't able to follow-through on his post-surgical rehabilitation appo…
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 124 How To Recover (and thrive) After Splitting From Your Co-Founder
Four years ago Nexalogy CEO Claude Théoret was counting the employees he had to lay off. His company had burned through their $600,000 seed round of …
7 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 123 Why VEEV Vodka Went for More Than 7 Times Revenue
Courtney Reum left Goldman Sachs in 2007 to start a Vodka business. He built VEEV up to more than $10 million in annual sales before he sold the comp…
8 years ago
Ep. 122 How To Get Acquired By Facebook (Twice)
The market for digital assistants is booming. Apple has Siri, Amazon has Alexa and Google has Google Assistant. Now, thanks to Charles Jolley, Facebo…
8 years ago
Ep. 121 - 5 (Sobering) Lessons from the Sales of Hammocks.com
David Fairley estimates he has sold more than 20 online properties but admits it was the sale of Hammocks.com—one of his first exits—that taught him …
8 years ago