Sorbara: Barkley HQ ran for four and a half years before acquisition
David Sabara · Startup Acquisition Stories with David Sorbara, Founder of Barkley HQ · Sep 26, 2023 · at 0:47
David Sorbara, founder of Barkley HQ, discusses the timeline of building and selling his pet grooming SaaS business.
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“And that was the SaaS business that I have been working on for probably about the last four and a half years which was recently acquired in May, 2020,”
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