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Selling an Edtech Business: The PositivePsychology.com Exit
PositivePsychology.com, a mission-driven edtech platform used by 19M+ professionals, was acquired in an 8-figure deal advised by FE International. This case study covers their growth, decision to sell, and the exit process.
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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.
Preparing Your Affiliate Business for Sale
Selling your online business is a serious decision for any owner, and the process of seeing a sale through to completion can be intimidating for first-time and experienced sellers alike. Hiring an M&A advisor is a good step in helping to ease the effort, but as with any major endeavor, it pays to be well prepared from the outset. Having successfully sold over 1,000 online businesses, we’ve put together some guidance on how sellers of a content or affiliate business should best prepare for the sale process.
The Secret to Scaling a SaaS Business
Scaling a SaaS business is a craft that many entrepreneurs can easily take for granted. When one is focused on their initial idea for a SaaS, understanding the SaaS business model, how to develop a product to be product-market fit, and calculating how to onboard their early customers, it is natural to put off the topic of scaling to a later date. Why worry about scaling when you haven’t even proven your product is viable?
