Startup Acquisition Stories

At just 18 years old, Siyabend Özdemir bootstrapped and sold Gen PPT, an AI-powered presentation generator used by students, marketers, and solopreneurs across the globe. What started as a school-night experiment turned into a viral hit driven by indie hacker hustle, programmatic SEO, and a killer demo shared on X. Siy

Christopher Schwab didn’t build Inova Local to chase scale. He built it to solve a real problem: how to support home service businesses with reliable, high-quality remote admin help. What started as a side project quickly became a profitable VA agency—and a company built for flexibility, documentation, and clean operat

What started as a side project during business school became a profitable, product-led SaaS used by finance teams, and was successfully acquired through Acquire.com. In this episode, Trevor Lee, founder of Genius Sheets, shares how he scaled a lean SaaS through smart distribution partnerships, kept operations efficient

If Christopher Lier could give three key pieces of advice to SaaS founders planning an exit, they would be:Build a focused product that solves a specific problemBe fully transparent during the acquisition processNever settle for a deal you’re not comfortable with Christopher is the co-founder of LeadGen App, a form bui

If Johann Sathianathen could give two key pieces of advice to founders who want to sell a startup fast, he’d say: Build and sell early—even while working full-timeReinvest stable income to accelerate your startup runway Johann Sathianathen was just 20 years old when he made his first bootstrapped exit, selling his star

If Luka Pecavar could give three pieces of advice to founders building and selling micro-SaaS products, he’d say: Build simple tools that solve a specific problem Listen to user feedback early and often Even small apps can attract serious buyers Luka built a simple but powerful image comparison app called Before and Af