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Sorbara: Plans to acquire and scale a pre-revenue software business next

David Sabara · Startup Acquisition Stories with David Sorbara, Founder of Barkley HQ · Sep 26, 2023 · at 16:55

Following the sale of his pet grooming SaaS Barkley HQ, founder David Sorbara shares his future entrepreneurial plans with Acquire.com CEO Andrew Gazdecki.

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“I think I want to acquire a smaller business, maybe something pre-revenue and then see if I can apply my skills to it, to build it and then sell it again. But coming up with the idea is the hard part. So that's kind of why I want to find something that's Someone's already developed, maybe has a little bit of customers or pre-revenue and take it over from there.”

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