Micro-acquisitions attract inbound from PE, agencies, and solo founders
Rich Yoon · 5 Simple Steps To Get a Bootstrapped SaaS Acquired · Aug 4, 2025 · at 6:35
Rich Yoon, founder of Jet Designs, discusses buyer interest with Acquire.com CEO Andrew Gazdecki after listing his productized agency on the platform.
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“Just the inbound that I got with Just so many different people, like PE firms, and then, like, solo founders, as well as, like established, like, actual agencies, like, marketing agencies that wanted to, you know, expand to, like, design services and stuff”
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