Startups For the Rest of Us

Episode 617 | News Roundup: Profitwell $200M Exit, Spreadsheet Mentality, and Watching an Acquirer Ruin Your Company

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In episode 617, Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn join Rob Walling for a bootstrapper news roundup episode. They cover a wide range of topics from ProfitWell’s big 200 million exit, spreadsheet mentality, watching an acquirer ruin your company, and much more.

Topics we cover: 

[3:06] What’s your take on ProfitWell’s acquisition?  

[5:52] Watching an acquirer ruin your company 

[14:03] The spreadsheet mentality 

[23:09] If you can’t buy it twice, don’t buy it

[36:00] Balancing realism with optimism as a founder 

Links from the Show:
  • Tracy Osborn @tracymakes I Twitter
  • Einar Vollset @einarvollset I Twitter
  • Episode 611 | Bootstrapping ProfitWell to a $200M Exit (with Patrick Campbell)
  • Watching an acquirer ruin your company
  • Episode 605 | Building a SaaS with Little Dev Experience, Using No Code for Your MVP, Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace, and More Listener Questions
  • The “Spreadsheet Mentality” sucks, and kills the efficacy of jobs
  • If You Can’t Buy It Twice, Don’t Buy It
  • 14 Critical Things Investors Look for In A SaaS Startup
  • Applications for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 SaaS Accelerators Will Open September 12th
  • MicroConf Youtube Channel
  • MicroConf Europe

    • If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

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