Moustaid Ayoub, founder of Fastdok, describes how he vetted and selected the winning buyer for his SaaS platform on Acquire.com.
0:00 / 0:07exact quote · 7.8s
720p mp4 · rendered on demand · StarZero watermark
“And mainly it's mentioned in, in acquired that he already acquired through acquire like a 11, 11, 11 startup.”
quote is from the automated transcript, cleaned for reading:
filler sounds and stutters are removed, nothing is rephrased. names can be misheard
(the analysis reads context, assessments check outside sources). how →
More from Moustaid Ayoub
Insight
Time-intensive feature requests warrant launching new products instead of updates
“If the future can be an update, we put it on the next release. And if it's need more work or need more time, we put it on our new product.”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 4:32Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
Insight
Preparation determines if an acquisition takes one hour or five months
“Yeah, that's what put the difference between the acquisition that is done in one hour because an acquisition can take one hour on acquisition and at the same time for the same assets, the same things it might take one month or three months or five months just …”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 20:09Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
Insight
Founders should list underperforming products for acquisition instead of shutting them down
“Just don't shut down a product if it's not working for you. Maybe it's it suits some, someone else. It's it might fit some other buyers who may be interested in that product. So just don't put all your efforts or time Into a trash or into an archive folder. Ju…”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 23:34Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
AssertionNot checkable as stated
Fastdok completed its technical and financial due diligence in a single weekend
“Mainly for the due diligence, we, like, I may say, might say that we have done it in, in like a week, a weekend two days, it's Saturday, Sunday, it's done.”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 15:16Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
AssertionNot checkable as stated
Fastdok had about 3,000 customers at the time of its acquisition
“I think it's like three, about 3000 customers.”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 3:30Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
Disclosure
Lifetime deals limited Fastdok's profitability despite its high popularity
“So we are, we were on a scale where we were very, very popular, but not very profitable. So all our revenues were coming from lifetime deeds.”
Moustaid AyoubAug 1, 2023▶ 4:03Startup Acquisition Stories with Moustaid Ayoub, Founder of Fastdok
Made with StarZero
Turn any episode into a week of clips.
This entire site, over 100 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable,
runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the
moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.
We use essential cookies to make the site work. With your permission we
also use analytics cookies (Google Analytics and Mixpanel) to understand
usage and improve StarZero. See our Cookie Policy.