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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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What Is E-Commerce? An Introduction to the Industry
The term e-commerce was coined back in the 1960s, with the rise of electronic commerce – the buying and selling of goods through the transmission of data – which was made possible by the introduction of the electronic data interchange. Fast forward fifty years and e-commerce has changed the way in which society sells goods and services.
How To Select and Evaluate Your Evergreen Niche Business
It’s hard to resist a trendy niche business, but if the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s taught us anything, it’s that novelty can wear thin quickly. For each business we sell at FE International, we evaluate the sustainability of the business model as well as the specific industry so that buyers can acquire a real investment. This work has given us some unique insights.
How to Sell an E-commerce Business
Selling an e-commerce business is a big decision for any founder and business owner. How do you know when the right time to exit is? What is the business worth? How do you sell for higher multiples? Are there things I can do to increase the valuation of my e-commerce business? What does the exit process entail?
Timeline of Amazon’s Biggest Acquisitions
How did a small online bookstore become the fourth most valuable company in the world – worth a whopping $2.2 trillion? Amazon has slowly grown from a small e-commerce company into robotics, media, smart homes, web services, healthcare, and now, AI. That story and strategy come into clear focus when studying its acquisitions over the years. Amazon is a living case study of just how powerful strategic acquisitions can be.
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. ”
How to Sell Your Online Business With FE International
If you’re reading this, chances are you are either selling (or thinking about selling) your technology business. Whether you have a SaaS, ecommerce or content business, we have likely sold something similar. Our team has completed over 1,500 deals for tech businesses – we leverage this experience from to get the highest valuations and best terms for our clients.
7 Online Business Models Worth the Investment | FE International
If you’re interested in acquiring an online business, there are several business models to choose from. You should carefully evaluate your options to find the one that best fits your skills, experience, time requirement and risk appetite. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of ways to make money online, so here we have tried to classify the major monetization strategies into seven categories of online business models.
10 Things to Think About Before Hiring an Online Business Broker
If you have got to the stage in your business where you have decided it is time to sell your website then you have to decide whether or not to hire a broker. You could try and sell the business on your own but an experienced website broker could be pivotal in a successful sale. The question that many ask is how do I pick a good online business broker? Will a broker extract maximum value from a sale and represent my interests?
Advertising Due Diligence: How to Evaluate Website Advertising
This article is part of our Internet Business Due Diligence series, in which we provide you with information on what makes each particular internet business model unique when it comes to due diligence for an acquisition. For more in-depth reading on due diligence, see our posts on Due Diligence of an Internet Business and Advanced Due Diligence.
