How MicroAcquire is disrupting the M&A industry & a smarter way to exit your startup with Andrew Gazdecki # 142 [ Startups ]

Today we have our guest, Andrew Gazdecki joining us once again in SaaS District. If you don’t know the backstory of Andrew and his past success, check out episode #31. Andrew Gazdecki is a serial entrepreneur, mentor, and founder of Microacquire, a StartUp acquisition marketplace that connects buyers and sellers and gets them into the right conversations. Andrew has been featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as industry blogs such as Mashable, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat. During this interview we cover:00:00 The Financial Due Diligence Framework Course01:02 - Intro02:14 - $7M Investment Round & Decision Behind Raising vs Bootstrapping 06:29 - Microacquire in Terms of Size Today (Capital, ARR basis)10:02 - What’s Being Sold in Terms of Avg. Valuation11:12 - Half a Million as a College Kid and Avg Days Before Sold15:12 - Hottest Startups Getting the Most Offers17:24 - Valuation, Dealing with Overvaluation & Training22:29 - Access to Capital as Buyers25:47 - Helping Sellers Gravitate Towards Requests from Buyers28:30 - Microacquire Competition30:16 - Playing to Win, Playing Hard & Playing Fair34:21 -  Microacquire & ExitRound37:35 - Starting a New Solution Today41:52 - Acquiring Instead of Building from Scratch 45:58 - How’s Andrew's Measuring His Own Success48:02 - Advice Andrew Would Tell His 25 Years Old Self51:42 - Challenges Andrew is Currently Facing 56:53 - Get in Touch With Andrew Gazdecki Mentions:MicroacquireBootstrappers ExitRoundClutch.coSpiff  Get In Touch With Andrew:Andrew’s LinkedinAndrew@microaquire.com Tag us & follow:FacebookLinkedInInstagram More about Akeel:Twitter LinkedIn SaaS PodcastsSaaS ConsultantsLearn How to Value SaaS Companies