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Profitable from Day One : How a Bootstrapped SaaS Found a Successful Exit
“My key priority was securing a buyer capable of both shaping a long-term strategic vision for DropFunnels and seamlessly transitioning ownership. The team at FE International had already identified the perfect buyer within their extensive network, ensuring a perfect match for the company’s future growth. ”
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How to Successfully Acquire a Content Website: Tips from an Entrepreneur’s First Bootstrapped Business
John Culotta has worn many hats over the years. He’s been in and out of owning his own business, as well as dabbling in sales, the construction industry, home remodeling services and even full-time music. His lengthy resume has given him a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of business. Through his successes and failures, he’s gathered much information to share with other aspiring entrepreneurs.
Buying a SaaS Business: Michael Frew on How to Acquire a Business as a First Time Buyer
Michael Frew is someone who is never content to sit still. An experienced world traveler, he has lived in faraway places from China to the Grand Caymans. Yet, he says it’s his experiences during his childhood as a, quote, “military brat”, that helped shape how he conducts business the most. “I always say, you had to learn how to find a friend to sit with at lunch on that first day…you’ve got to make friends really [quickly].” In this article he shares his best advice for buying a SaaS business and why buying an existing business is a great investment.
Understanding the Supply Chain Disruption: Why It’s Happening, How Long It Will Last, and What Are E-commerce Owners Doing About It
There’s no doubt that the economic conditions following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented: Never before have more global shortages, closures, and travel restrictions occurred simultaneously, devastating communities and companies alike. One such severe result of these events is the global supply chain disruption.
How One Affiliate Marketer Bootstrapped His Way to Success
Alec Rose grew up in Cork—Ireland’s second largest city. But since 2015, he’s been living in the UK where he found himself in the corporate world offering financial advice. Building websites as a side project during this period, Alec was able to pursue his online businesses full-time at the end of 2020–effectively establishing him as an accomplished affiliate marketer.
Case Study: Digital Service Acquisition | Entrepreneur Rithesh Menon On What You Need to Know
Rithesh Menon has always been very entrepreneurial in nature, but he didn’t start out knowing exactly what to tackle on his own. He began his career as a consultant and worked with numerous startups. With experience comes expertise and awareness.
Shopify Partners and Merchants Updates
As a consistently evolving ecosystem, Shopify frequently announces product and company updates relevant to its merchants, partners, and App developers. It is important to stay up to date on the updates Shopify elects to release, as they are a leader in the independent entrepreneur e-commerce space and have the influence to set the course for where e-commerce platform giants will focus their efforts. From improved integration of POS systems with back office, analytics to releasing functionalities to different countries and in multiple languages, Shopify's product features impact not only e-commerce sellers but brick-and-mortar retailers, app developers and consultants.
WeWork acquires Waltz, Spotify Expands Podcast Play, YouTube Announces Algorithm Changes: Newsletter June 28, 2019
FE works closely with hundreds of Shopify entrepreneurs to help them exit plan and successfully sell their businesses, so we wanted to keep a log of the most essential releases from the e-commerce platform giant.
How to Sell an Amazon FBA Business
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) has become one of the largest and most exciting ways to make money online. Labeled by some as a new frontier in peer-to-peer e-commerce, FBA enables millions of merchants to leverage Amazon’s distribution network and customers for substantial financial rewards.
E-commerce Business Exit Strategy: Reducing Owner Involvement
Most bootstrapped business owners are so focused on the day-to-day grind and growth of their businesses that there is rarely an alignment between the time they choose to exit and the time their business is ready for an exit.
