All You Ever Wanted to Know About Acquisitions
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
What’s the number one thing stopping you from buying a business? Usually, it’s financing. Either you lack the cash in the bank or your bank won’t (or can’t) lend it ...
Before investing your hard-earned money, consider the potential returns. A 10 percent return in the stock market is usually considered good1, 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, ...
News
Hey there, Andrew here with phase two of our plan to help get more startups Acquire’d. As you might’ve heard, we’re charging a 4 percent closing fee on all acquisitions ...
Scrolling through the marketplace to find startups you like is fun at first. The thrill of the chase may fade when you realize how many startups we list. Finding startups ...
We can’t guarantee you’ll sell your business when you list it on Acquire.com. But we can guarantee access to the best people and technology to maximize your chances. Not only ...
Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast
Joe Benjamin is a serial entrepreneur with an extensive background in sales for early stage startups. Having founded two different businesses rooted in sales already Joe witnessed the importance of ...
Colin Dougherty is a full-time marketing leader, freelance photographer, and the founder of CAMSKNS, an eCommerce business selling protective and colorful camera skins, which he sold on Acquire.com earlier this ...
When you hear the phrase “builders build 💪”, they are probably referring to Ihor Stefurak. After building his first product in 2015 as part of a startup accelerator, and later ...
eBooks and Reports
Welcome to the second Acquire Multiples Report for 2022. In this report, you’ll learn the multiples at which most startups got Acquired on Acquire between February and August 2022, split ...
One of the fastest ways to close an acquisition is putting together the right deal structure. Both you and the buyer need to find common ground, a structure that reflects ...
Recently bought a business? Then you’re probably wondering how to raise revenue to boost your return on investment. One of the most obvious yet trickiest strategies to raise revenue is ...