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Molina: Tweet Hunter took 1.5 years from idea to acquisition

JK Molina · Startup Acquisition Stories with JK Molina, Co-founder of Tweet Hunter · Aug 8, 2023 · at 1:36

Tweet Hunter co-founder JK Molina discusses the timeline of building and selling Tweet Hunter with Acquire.com CEO Andrew Gazdecki.

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“It took around one. Actually, like, ever since, like, idea to selling it, like, one or one and a half, maybe.”

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The claim, plainly

Tweet Hunter took around one to one and a half years from initial idea to being acquired.

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Assessment

Tweet Hunter was conceived and launched as an MVP in May 2021 by co-founders Thibault Louis-Lucas and Thomas Jacquesson. The company was acquired by lempire in January 2023 (with discussions and agreement spanning late 2022 into early 2023). The resulting elapsed time of approximately 18 to 20 months (1.5 to 1.67 years) closely matches Molina's conversational estimate of 'around one to one and a half, maybe' years.

Tweet Hunter was conceived and launched as an MVP in May 2021 under the Pony Express product studio.
Tweet Hunter's acquisition by lempire was officially announced and completed in January 2023 (with terms structured in late 2022), representing an elapsed time of roughly 18 to 20 months (~1.5 to 1.67 years).

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[1] thesuccessfulprojects.com [2] indiehackers.com [3] theygotacquired.com [4] superframeworks.com [5] saasclub.io [6] theygotacquired.com [7] indiehackers.com [8] indiehackers.com

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Disclosure

Molina: Tweet Hunter sold to Lempire for $1.4M at 1x ARR

“We built and sold TweetHunter, which is kind of a tweet scheduler just recently on Twitter, and we sold it to Limpire for 1.4 mil, which was, like, around one XAR maybe, like, six months ago, that was 20, 21, and yeah, that's how I connected with Andrew.”

JK Molina Aug 8, 2023 ▶ 0:42 Startup Acquisition Stories with JK Molina, Co-founder of Tweet Hunter

Disclosure

Molina tied his Tweet Hunter equity vesting to specific MRR milestones

“The way we structured that was, I was going to get 10% at launch. I was going to get 15% at 25 K AMR. I believe, and I was going to get 25% at forty-pay MRR”

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