Peters: Superpower purchased superpower.com for a few hundred thousand dollars
Jacob Peters · Superpower Raises $30M Series A Led by Forerunner · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Apr 22, 2025 · at 8:36
Jacob Peters, founder and CEO of healthcare startup Superpower, discusses his strategy for acquiring the company's core domain and social media handles.
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“Put together a deal and we ended up buying it for actually only a few hundred K, but believe it or not.”
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