| 5T | “five trillion” | Naveen Arun: Global wellness economy will exceed $5T in five years | Naveen Arun | Oct 9, 2025 | Held up |
| 11B | “a ten billion” | Gazdecki sold Bizness Apps to a $10B PE firm at age 29 | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 23, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 5B | “fifty hundred million” | Pacifici: Generalist and Big Law attorneys poorly serve the $2M–$25M market | Eric Pacifici | Jun 26, 2024 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Manthani: Streamoid aims to let one person run a billion-dollar brand | Rohan Manthani | Jun 18, 2026 | — |
| 1B | “a billion” | Imran's Business Blurb generated one billion Gen Z views in three months. | Faze Imran | Jul 2, 2026 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Simmons: Apreva Evaluates Condition of Nearly 100M US Properties via AI | Zach Simmons | Jan 27, 2026 | Supported |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Ian Blair: $100M B2C brands get famous while B2B equivalents remain unknown | Ian Blair | Nov 20, 2024 | — |
| 100M | “hundred million” | No startup should ever go to zero because buyers want built products | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 1, 2023 | — |
| 100M | “a hundred million” | Gazdecki: $1 in profit beats $100M in seed funding | Andrew Gazdecki | Nov 15, 2021 | — |
| 70M | “seventy million” | LittleThings generated $70M revenue before Facebook algorithm changes destroyed it | Joe Speiser | Aug 16, 2022 | Supported |
| 51M | “a fifty million” | Schroter: Distressed cap table restructuring must treat past capital as completely lost | Will Schroter | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Pacifici: SMB Law Group closed $950M in enterprise value last year | Eric Pacifici | Jun 26, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Schroter: Distressed cap table restructuring must treat past capital as completely lost | Will Schroter | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 50M | “fifty million” | LittleThings built 50 million Facebook followers before the platform revoked distribution | Joe Speiser | Aug 16, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 50M | “fifty million” | Speiser: Partner with Ramp and Brex to source distressed startup acquisitions | Joe Speiser | Aug 16, 2022 | — |
| 40M | “forty million” | Innova Local buyer previously scaled IT staffing agencies to $20M-$40M | Chris Schwab | May 27, 2025 | — |
| 25M | “twenty five million” | Pacifici: Generalist and Big Law attorneys poorly serve the $2M–$25M market | Eric Pacifici | Jun 26, 2024 | — |
| 21M | “a twenty million” | Schroter: Startups Drop to Zero Valuation the Minute Cashless Founders Quit | Will Schroter | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | JJ Englert built Bubble no-code systems processing 20 million monthly workflows | JJ Englert | Nov 29, 2022 | — |
| 20M | “twenty million” | Balkhi: Awesome Motive's portfolio powers over 20 million websites | Syed Balkhi | Jun 13, 2022 | Supported |
| 15M | “fifteen million” | Pacifici: Generalist and Big Law attorneys poorly serve the $2M–$25M market | Eric Pacifici | Jun 26, 2024 | — |
| 12M | “twelve million” | Imran: Scaled Fraction from $2M to $12M ARR in one year. | Faze Imran | Jul 2, 2026 | — |
| 11M | “a ten million” | McDannell raised on $10M valuation and sold pre-revenue at a discount | Christine McDaniel | Nov 15, 2022 | — |
| 11M | “a ten million” | Garcia predicts acquired startup Monster VoIP can scale to $10 million ARR | Rick Garcia | Apr 11, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gazdecki: Crypto exchange compliance would have cost $10 million and two years | Andrew Gazdecki | Oct 24, 2023 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gazdecki bootstrapped Bizness Apps to $10M ARR before selling to PE | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 8, 2023 | Supported |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gazdecki: CEOs should only delegate every operational role past $10M ARR | Andrew Gazdecki | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Lobo: Hiring for tenure over trajectory turns startups into corporate incumbents | Lloyd Lobo | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Gazdecki: 10x ARR Multiples Require at Least $10M in Revenue | Andrew Gazdecki | Jun 6, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Kosarek: E-commerce merchants with under $10M revenue lack fast exit options | Frank Kosarek | Apr 25, 2022 | — |
| 10M | “ten million” | Sahlmer: saas.group targets horizontal software companies with $1M to $10M ARR | Dirk Sahlmer | Apr 19, 2022 | — |
| 6M | “a five million” | Pacifici: Generalist and Big Law attorneys poorly serve the $2M–$25M market | Eric Pacifici | Jun 26, 2024 | — |
| 6M | “six million” | Martin Galovic: FansMetrics Peaked at Six Million Monthly Visitors | Martin Galovic | Jan 22, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Graber details acquisition buy box: specialized agency, recurring revenue, $300k+ EBITDA | Joel Graber | Mar 31, 2026 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Elgazar: Bootstrapping AI apps to $1M ARR is hindered by LLM costs | Itai Elgazar | Sep 16, 2025 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Gazdecki: SBA loan process is identical for $500K and $5M deals | Andrew Gazdecki | Mar 26, 2024 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Gethers: Traditional M&A sales processes require around $5M in EBITDA | Devon Gathers | Oct 3, 2023 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Horizen Capital targets B2B SaaS acquisitions between $500K and $5M ARR | Akil Jabbar | May 23, 2022 | — |
| 5M | “five million” | Patel: Ramp Ventures targets $1M–$5M ARR B2B SaaS, excluding e-commerce | Sujan Patel | Mar 14, 2022 | — |
| 4M | “3002 1001 thousand” | Danilov: Founders should never hire marketing agencies on a retainer basis | Nikita Danilov | Oct 7, 2025 | — |
| 4M | “four million” | Keeley: Acquiring a $400K business takes the same work as $4M | Colin Keeley | Sep 13, 2022 | — |
| 2.4M | “2.4 million” | Carroll: Alpine Rings Grew From $300k Revenue to $2.4M Run Rate Before Sale | Alex Carroll | Aug 11, 2025 | — |
| 2.1M | “2.1 million” | Scott: Leveraged podcast audience to raise $2.1M via crowdfunding | Jason Allen Scott | Jul 18, 2023 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 2M | “two million” | Imran claims his startup Backspace accumulated a two-million-person waitlist. | Faze Imran | Jul 2, 2026 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Gazdecki: David Idol's extension reached 279k weekly active users with zero marketing | Andrew Gazdecki | Mar 19, 2024 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Lynch: A single TikTok generated two million views and $10k for Solodrop | Corey Lynch | Oct 31, 2023 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Keeley: Acquiring a $400K business takes the same work as $4M | Colin Keeley | Sep 13, 2022 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Lobo: Bi-weekly webinars drove 60,000 subscribers and 2M YouTube views | Lloyd Lobo | Jul 12, 2022 | — |
| 2M | “two million” | Homann: Median's acquisition and perpetual licensing deals totaled nearly $2 million | Derek Homann | Nov 16, 2021 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Yardini: EssayGrader Reached $500K ARR in the Current Fiscal Year | Chan Yardini | Jul 21, 2025 | — |
| 1.5M | “half a million” | Gazdecki: Luke Shepard sold his startup for $500,000 at age 23 | Andrew Gazdecki | Mar 26, 2024 | Open |
| 1.3M | “a quarter million” | Gazdecki: Daniel Jekaitis Acquired Startup on MicroAcquire for Around $250,000 | Andrew Gazdecki | Nov 15, 2021 | Supported |
| 1.2M | “1.2 million” | Aiello: Unprompted viral influencer video drove $15K revenue in three days | Salvatore Aiello | Nov 29, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Imran: Founders targeting $1 million annually should launch service businesses, not startups. | Faze Imran | Jul 2, 2026 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Khan: ChatFi hit one million users within one year | Umar Khan | Aug 25, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “A million” | Rosen: Nomad Cloud's original founder held a scraped list of 1M users | Gabby Rosen | Feb 12, 2025 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Schroter: Acquiring One Million Startup Customers Failed to Deliver Cross-Selling Value | Will Schroter | Feb 27, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “one million” | Martin Galovic: FansMetrics Peaked at Six Million Monthly Visitors | Martin Galovic | Jan 22, 2024 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Gazdecki: SaaS startups average 2.8 years to hit $1M ARR; 4% succeed | Andrew Gazdecki | Oct 10, 2023 | Supported |
| 1M | “a million” | Studia could have reached $1M revenue by hiring five to ten people | Joan Manuel Sanchez | Aug 29, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Gazdecki: A two-person financial satire newsletter generates over $1M in profit | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 8, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Gazdecki: The average startup takes three to four years to reach $1M ARR | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 8, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Skaalerud: $500k-$1M SaaS acquisitions require a 90-day phased founder transition | Kjael Skaalerud | Jun 27, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Company Sold App Built by Unpaid Intern for $250K | Sam Lillicraft | Jan 24, 2023 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Achard: Never skip formal escrow services in micro-startup acquisitions | Chris Achard | Sep 7, 2022 | — |
| 1M | “a million” | Startups that raised $40M will sell for $1M-$2M within 12 months | Joe Speiser | Aug 16, 2022 | Didn’t hold up |
| 400K | “four hundred thousand” | Keeley: Acquiring a $400K business takes the same work as $4M | Colin Keeley | Sep 13, 2022 | — |
| 1.5K | “a half thousand” | Elgazar: SuperDev had roughly 200 paying users when it was acquired | Itai Elgazar | Sep 16, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Acquirer Napkin Previously Bought a Design Subscription Business at Lower Price Points | Phil Goodwin | Dec 16, 2025 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Pulse had 360,000 users and over 100 B2B clients at acquisition | Emmett Cooke | Mar 25, 2025 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Sinise: Linq Commerce hit 1,000 users in its first month | Adam Sinise | Mar 12, 2024 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Gazdecki: Selling his first startup cost $170,000 in legal fees at $1,000/hour | Andrew Gazdecki | Oct 24, 2023 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Alex Rainey's passport alert SaaS peaked at over $1,000 daily revenue | Alex Rainey | Jul 11, 2023 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Tabarnapp's first Shopify app gained 1,000 paying customers in four months | Derek Morin | Feb 7, 2023 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Gazdecki paid $150,000 for Bizness Apps legal fees at $1,000 hourly | Andrew Gazdecki | Aug 23, 2022 | — |
| 1K | “a thousand” | Andrew Gazdecki: MicroAcquire hosts between 500 and 1,000 SaaS business listings | Andrew Gazdecki | Jan 14, 2022 | Supported |
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