When SaaS founders win big on their exits, they have these things: A growing business that will be worth more next year. A sustainable and profitable business, so they won't …
The acquisition game is very different from 10 years ago now that private equity investors or PE-owned strategic buyers lead 70% of SaaS acquisitions. Most SaaS founders aren't thinking about the …
Private equity buyers (and PE-backed strategics) are the most likely home for your SaaS business, if and when you try to sell it. PE buyers now make up 70% of all …
Should I sell my "Rule of 40" SaaS company sooner or wait a few years?, a founder asked me last week. Here are 10 questions I asked him before I …
SaaS founders stay on about 10% of the time, just two years after they sell their companies to private equity investors or strategic acquirers. That's what I've seen and experienced in …
The biggest change in the exit game for practical SaaS founders in the last five years is the rise of the partial exit. Partial exits are so common today that we …
When will high valuation multiples come back to B2B SaaS acquisitions so I can sell my company for the highest premium? Two CEOs with B2B SaaS businesses almost to $5M ARR …
Acquirers of smaller SaaS businesses are moving slowly and taking their time this year, but valuations can still be interesting for companies that fit the buyer's strategy. That's good news for …
I hear the same thing over and over from practical SaaS founders I interviewed on my podcast who successfully sold their companies: "We were profitable and growing and weren’t trying …
Should a healthy early-stage SaaS company care about profits when strategic or PE buyers value revenue size and growth rates so much more? SaaS companies are mostly valued on their revenues …
Have you heard the tortoise and the hare metaphor used to compare bootstrapped startups to VC-funded companies? It's not as true as it used to be. The tide is turning. Grow …
Why would a founder sell a steadily growing SaaS business that is increasing cash flow (real profits) every year? Some growing and profitable SaaS companies are like perpetual motion machines. They keep …
SaaS founders with successful companies often learn what is important to serious acquirers too late in the game. What is valuable to a buyer right now is sometimes different from what …
Here are the 5 biggest reasons we don't hear about 90% of the successful exits that create life-changing wealth for bootstrapped SaaS founders. The bootstrapper success stories we do hear about …
Selling your software company is always stressful and tricky for SaaS founders, especially for bootstrappers who don't have VC or M&A partners to lean on. Most founders who sold their companies …
The first founder of 30 CEOs in my Practical Founders Peer Groups just sold his business successfully last week. It was an atypical deal for an atypical founder. Bootstrapped and lightly …
In the last year, I interviewed 44 amazing SaaS founders and 6 expert guests on the Practical Founders Podcast. When I talk to founders now, I recommend specific podcast interviews that …
When you start your SaaS business that you eventually want to sell, should you have a theory about who will buy your company? Most tech investors will tell you not to …
How can a bootstrapped SaaS company raise big funding without raising money from venture capital or private equity investors? By selling their bootstrapped software company to a big software company that …
M&A in the software space has slowed down in the last year, but it hasn't stopped. I'm still hearing about acquisition offers and transactions for savvy early-stage SaaS companies for multiples …
Software company founders who sold their companies for big prizes tell me the same thing on my podcast: "It was great to see the money in my bank account for a …
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