Tinsley: Founders can roll up micro-SaaS businesses to profitability with zero capital
Jesse Tinsley · The 48-Hour Rescue That Turned Into a Profitable Acquisition · Nov 11, 2025 · at 16:51
Jesse Tinsley shares his blueprint for acquiring distressed venture-backed SaaS businesses without upfront capital.
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“I think you can do a bunch of micro roll-offs where you can pay out small amounts of cash and gold equity. And I think that's there all day, every day. I could roll up, you know, a couple 100,000, you know, in a month, basically, I think at least two or three deals of like that, that scale. So I think that is there. And then with efficiencies on like AI and automation and offshoring, you could basically run those businesses like very profitably and scalably, like with a very small team and have a very nice lifestyle business.”
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