#136: Bootstrapper Has Big Exit and Un-Retires to Build 2nd SaaS Success – Brian Dosal

by PE Support | Mar 20, 2025

  Brian Dosal was the founder and CEO of BrightGauge, a software company he bootstrapped and grew to almost $10M ARR with his brother before successfully selling the company in 2019. BrightGauge was a business analytics and dashboard for key metrics for the...

#135: Vertical SaaS Investor Shares Proven Paths to Scale Up Big – Dave Yuan

by shawn | Mar 13, 2025

 Dave Yuan is the founder of Tidemark, an active growth equity investor focusing on vertical SaaS companies with outsized advantages that can become “control points” in their markets and grow very big. Dave and Tidemark have invested in successful...

#133: Bootstrapper Sells School Fundraising Platform to PE Investors – Howard Gottlieb

by shawn | Feb 27, 2025

Howard Gottlieb started Read-A-Thon in 2012 as a reading-based fundraising platform that helped students raise money while boosting education. Their easy platform and simple fundraising approach created amazing results. The Read-a-Thon business grew steadily and...

#132: Bootstrapper Serving Private Equity Firms Acquired by PE-Backed Strategic – Richard Change

by shawn | Feb 20, 2025

Richard Change is co-founder and CEO of PFA Solutions, the provider of FirmView software. FirmView® is the leading carry and compensation management platform for private equity investors to manage their internal compensation from fees and carried interest. Richard was...

#129: On Freedom and Ownership With Software Entrepreneur Brian Hamilton

by shawn | Jan 30, 2025

Brian Hamilton is one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and a leading expert on entrepreneurship. Today, Hamilton serves as chairman of software company LiveSwitch. He is known for his pioneering work in fintech, his advocacy for small businesses, and his...