Derek Morin

Co-owner, Poches & Fils · 1 appearance on the record.

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Morin co-founded Tabarnapp, a suite of Shopify apps that he bootstrapped and sold to Staytuned in 2022. He subsequently became an active angel investor, joined apparel brand Poches & Fils as co-owner, and authored the book Fin Heureuse.

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Everything Derek Morin said on Startup Acquisition Stories that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Founders should operationally replace themselves a year before selling their company
“If we would have, if we would redo that, I think Bogdan and I would just try to replace ourselves at least a year before we actually sell the business just to make it more easy to transfer and to also shorten the period that because we will stay with them unti…”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 16:02 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
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Tabarnapp's first Shopify app gained 1,000 paying customers in four months
“And then, in 2016, we've built our first Shopify app. It was called Automatic Discount. We've noticed like in the forums everyone was complaining, like why is Shopify not able to do something very simple as automated a discount based on what's in the cart. So …”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 1:19 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
Disclosure
E-commerce aggregator Staytuned acquired Tabarnapp in early 2023
“And well, long story short, we sold like two weeks ago to a company called Stay Tunic.”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 1:54 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
Disclosure
Tabarnapp sold a doomed side application for $40,000 on MicroAcquire
“The smaller transaction of 40,000 US or something like that on microacquire was like, for us, more like a bonus. We didn't expect that. We were about to, I mean, sorry for the person who purchased that, that listens to the podcast, but we were about to shut it…”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 9:49 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
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Tabarnapp's flagship application generated 92% of the company's total revenue
“Selling our biggest app was Almost 92% of all the revenues in one app.”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 10:45 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp
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Tabarnapp received three separate acquisition offers for its core business
“During the negotiation, because we got three different offers.”
Derek Morin Feb 7, 2023 ▶ 12:22 Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Startup Acquisition Stories with Derek Morin and Radu Bogdan, Founders of Tabarnapp Feb 7, 2023 13m
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