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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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The Ultimate Guide to Building and Selling a Shopify App Business
Developing Shopify apps has become an industry in its own right. There are more than 8,000 apps in the Shopify store, providing solutions for approximately 1.75 million merchants in ~175 countries. Some of the most popular apps, like Yotpo and Product Customizer, are used by countless successful Shopify businesses. There is even an entire community of developers and power-users offering expert guidance for developing on Shopify.
How to Sell a Shopify Business
Founded in 2004, in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify is one of the world’s leading e-commerce website platforms. Today, there are 1.75 million merchants selling on the platform and 3.76 million live sites that use Shopify, and in 2021, the platform processed more than $79 billion in order value (Source: Backlinko).
SaaS Due Diligence: How to Evaluate a SaaS Business Model
This article is part of our Internet Business Due Diligence series, in which we provide you with information on what makes a particular business model unique when it comes to due diligence. For more in-depth reading on due diligence, see our posts on Due Diligence of an Internet Business and Advanced Due Diligence.
AJ Agrawal
The team at FE International works extremely hard to exceed expectations at every turn. Over the past decade, our team has adapted and fine-tuned the marketing and acquisition process to create a proven and efficient model that gets results for buyers and sellers alike. In this video, entrepreneur AJ Agrawal shares his experience selling his e-commerce business, Verma Farms, with award-winning global M&A Advisor FE International.
Wilson Lee
I always thought it was going to be a long and arduous process, but with a hot market and FE International’s help, it was pretty smooth, and it went much faster than expected. ”
Randy Spivey
The team at FE International works extremely hard to exceed expectations at every turn. Over the past decade, our team has adapted and fine-tuned the marketing and acquisition process to create a proven and efficient model that gets results for buyers and sellers alike. In this video entrepreneur, Randy Spivey shares his experience selling his SaaS business, Bradley Software, with award-winning global M&A Advisor, FE International.
How a Shopify App Founder Successfully Integrated QuickBooks & Shopify
We sat down with the founder of Exportly, who recently exited his business and sold through us. Before becoming a Shopify app founder, he found himself as a stay-at-home dad, situated in Australia with his wife and children. With a background of 20 years working for various startups and companies in San Francisco—including Macromedia, which was later purchased by Adobe—he began searching for an opportunity to generate monthly cash flow. The opportunity he seized would ultimately lead him to become founder of the Shopify app Exportly—although it was only a part-time gig, at the time.
7 Founders and Their Best Advice for Scaling a SaaS Business
Growing and scaling a business is not for the faint of heart. Though it has a similar connotation, scaling is different from simply growing a business. Effectively scaling your SaaS business takes strategic planning and there are certain structures that need to be in place to maintain a growing business, without it falling apart.
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How Tom Benattar Built a Successful SaaS Tool for Advertisers
Tom Benattar, a French entrepreneur living in the south of France, has lived and breathed the SaaS space for over six years. He made his debut in 2015 when he co-founded SaaS Invaders—a private sales website that provides great deals on various tools, resources and apps designed for startup growth.
