Nico Ginan
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Ginan: Optimizing sales funnels is pointless if users don't use the free app
“Do people actually use the app? Because if they don't use the app, then it's pointless to try to optimize for Like sales and stuff like that to make a nice funnel if they just don't even use the free app.”
Ginan: AI startups cannot pause development without risking losing everything
“Since it's AI, AI moves super fast. So within a few months you get new competitors and stuff like that. So it's not possible to just Do nothing when you have something in AI, in my opinion, just too much stress. So that's one of the major reasons that I wanted…”
Nico Ginan: Prefers $200,000 cash exit immediately over waiting for $300,000
“I don't like, I don't want to risk losing a decent offer because of the, like, potentially I could get a better one, potentially. So I would rather get 200,000 today than three and like 300,000 in six months or something.”
Nico Ginan: Startup buyers evaluate numbers alone, not tech or founder attachment
“There is emotional attachment to the product, but it's not worth anything for the buyer. So even if you think your product is like your baby, it's not the case for the buyer. And I think most of them will buy based on the number alone, not the, oh yeah, it's a…”
Nico Ginan: Underpricing a startup creates bidding wars and higher sale prices
“Like, don't overvalue your products, and it's, as we mentioned earlier, I think it's really worth maybe pricing slightly under what you had in mind to get more offer, and then raise the bids, because, like, it's like a restaurant. If you go to a restaurant and…”
Ginan: Every project built without a personal problem failed
“I think all the project I made using this concept. Failed in a way or another. Like for this one, I had the problem myself. I was like, okay, I tried to transcribe this and it didn't work well. So there is like, I had the need already. But for others, it's jus…”
Ginan: Untested production bug dropped TalkNotes sales by 70% overnight
“I shipped a bug to production. So I went to bed and I did it before going to bed. So I went to bed and the next morning I wake up, I have like 50 emails in my inbox. I see the sales down 70%.”
Ginan: TalkNotes lost a $220,000 offer when the buyer acquired another startup
“I had like two, like real offer. So I had one for 220. But the this buyer can sell at the last minute. So I think he bought another startup in the meantime or something like that.”
Nico Ginan: Founders should treat startup acquisition listings like landing pages
“And then I would say, like, your listing, like, you should treat your listing like a landing page. So put the really catchy stuff at the top, like, make sure this is, okay, this is, like, you know, why you should keep reading this listing, and then you tell th…”
Nico Ginan discloses selling an app for $200,000
“I'm Nico, I'm, I make apps, and I sold one for 200,000 couple weeks ago.”
Nico Ginan sold Make Logo AI for $65,000 as his first exit
“It was make logo AI for 65,000. So I think that was like a bit over a year ago. So it's like one year and a few months ago. It's like AI logo stuff. So yeah, that was my first exit.”
Nico Ginan: Submitting to multiple startup directories generates meaningful aggregate launch traffic
“Individually, they don't bring like lots of traffic, but if you have lots of them, then you start to get like a little bit of traffic going.”
Nico Ginan: TalkNotes made around $700 within days of launch
“And I think I made, like, 700 dollars in a few days, so it's like, you know, it's not much, but it's just, I was just starting out, so like, ok, that's probably like, you know, it's like, it smells good. Like, it's worth investigating a bit further.”
Appearances (1)
| Episode | Date | Speaking time |
|---|---|---|
| Startup Acquisition Stories Ep #112 | Making $250,000 on His Second Sale on Acquire.com | Sep 19, 2024 | 15m |