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Aiello: DimeADozen listed on Acquire.com at 3x revenue after six months

Salvatore Aiello · Startup Acquisition Stories with Salvatore Aiello, Co-founder of DimeADozen · Nov 29, 2023 · at 20:08

Salvatore Aiello, co-founder of DimeADozen, discusses pricing and listing his AI business validation startup for acquisition on Acquire.com.

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“So all that being said, so we figured out a price point that we were happy with. It was about three times revenue at that time, which is silly, or which is rough because we were only six months old, but you know, we decided what we decided, put it up at three X revenue, put it out there.”

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