Everything you wanted to know about acquisitions
Resources for entrepreneurs selling, buying, and growing online businesses.
Getting started with Acquire
Sellers
Selling your startup might be the last thing on your mind right now. I’m sure you’re busy enough just running your business, so why add acquisition planning to your to-do ...
Few could blame you for wanting to pay as little tax as possible on your acquisition. After all, you’ve invested years into building your startup to the point of exit. ...
What do you want from an acquisition? For most founders, it’s three things: to sell quickly, easily, and for the highest price. You might hold secondary goals such as finding ...
Buyers
Before investing your hard-earned money, consider the potential returns. A 10 percent return in the stock market is usually considered fantastic, but on Acquire, it’s not unheard of to acquire ...
Think of the Letter of Intent (LOI) as a starting pistol. Once fired, the race to complete the acquisition as quickly and easily as possible begins. While not legally binding, ...
Much of the value of a SaaS startup lies in its technology. Before you Acquire one, you must review the technical foundations upon which the startup is built. Cracks could ...
News
Thanks for sticking with us while we pulled together the 2025 data. If you haven’t seen the previous editions yet, they’re worth a look and download. So what’s new in ...
At Acquire.com, our mission is simple: help founders close life-changing deals safely, smoothly, and fast. That’s why we’ve partnered with ELG, one of the most trusted law firms in online ...
We just acquired MicroAssets.co. Why? Because it helps founders win. MicroAssets was started by a founder who loved the indie acquisition space as much as we do. It listed 1,000+ ...
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If Ian Fourie could give two pieces of advice to founders selling their SaaS startups, he’d say: Ian sold his online corporate training startup, Pluto LMS, on Acquire.com fast (in ...
What does it take to sell a startup for almost 20 times what you paid for it? Gabriella (Gabby) Rosen says it comes down to three things: Gabby originally acquired ...
Have you ever fantasized about quitting your job and living off savings until you built a successful business or ran out of cash? SaaS builder Kamil Zowczac nearly accomplished both ...
eBooks and Reports
Picture this for a moment… A buyer is interested in your startup. You’ve spent days chatting back and forth on Acquire.com. You might even have met in person. Now, your ...
Did you know you can now hire an acquisition expert from within your seller dashboard? With a professional on your team, it’s much easier to sell quickly, easily, and for ...
As a founder looking to exit your startup, you will inevitably see earnouts as part of the structured offers you receive. Earnouts are very common when it comes to structuring ...