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Andrew Gazdecki
#879 Sell Your Company Without Venture Capital w/ Andrew Gazdecki
- MicroAcquire has facilitated over 500 acquisitions totaling $300 million in closed acquisition volume, with recent months seeing $65–120 million in transaction volume. - The platform enables bootstrapped founders to sell profitable businesses directly to buyers (PE firms, corporate development teams, other startups) without venture funding or traditional M&A intermediaries. - Andrew stopped listing pre-revenue startups and focuses on profitable software companies, e-commerce, newsletters, communities, crypto projects, and mobile apps with demonstrable traction. - The acquisition process is moving away from in-person meetings and steak dinners toward remote negotiations via Zoom, with deal structures ranging from all-cash offers to seller financing and earnouts. - MicroAcquire is building standardized tooling (letter of intent builders, due diligence frameworks, financial statement integrations) to level the playing field between inexperienced founders and repeat acquirers. - The business model charges buyers a premium membership fee for seller contact access; sellers pay no commission currently, though small commission fees will be introduced after the platform adds sufficient value.
#658 Building Bootstrapped Businesses of Value w/ Andrew Gazdecki
- Andrew Gazdecki built bootstrapped software companies (Phone Freelancer, Business Apps) that achieved significant scale without venture capital, later selling Business Apps to ESW Capital after 8–9 years of operation. - MicroAcquire is a marketplace for buying and selling startups at $50K–$10M revenue, eliminating broker fees (typically 15%) and investment banking minimums; sellers list free, buyers pay $290/year for verified access. - The platform consolidates fragmented M&A market by connecting founders with buyers, providing data room services, anonymous listings, and connecting verified buyers to sellers who maintain full privacy controls. - Gazdecki is launching Bootstrappers, a media publication focused on profitably scaled, founder-owned companies rather than venture-funded narratives, directly countering TechCrunch's funding-round coverage. - Startup exits remain poorly understood by founders; MicroAcquire addresses gaps in guidance on due diligence, deal structures, and acquisition preparation through the platform and forthcoming M&A directory of certified professionals. - Future vision includes consolidating the entire M&A ecosystem—brokers, investment bankers, legal counsel—into a single marketplace covering discovery (Product Hunt), funding (AngelList), and exits (MicroAcquire).