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Startups that raised $40M will sell for $1M-$2M within 12 months
“And then the other thing I'm looking for is I'm waiting for that like company that raised 30, forty million dollars and now burned through it all, but built an amazing piece of tech to go and micro acquire and sell for a million or two. Like, It's inevitable. …”
Amann: Spotify was the first to implement the bottom navigation bar on iOS
“The features that they put out are revolutionary, and they end up being industry leaders in a lot of areas, and it's very minor things. They were the first ones to put the bottom bar on iOS, and everybody followed suit”
Imran's marketing agency FISMA was acquired before he turned 18.
“We grew to be one of the largest marketing agencies in Atlanta. We ended up working with a lot of fortune, 500 Some names like Avid, McDonald's, and many others that other people probably recognize, and we did web development and influencer work for them. We g…”
Schroter: Winding down a company costs tens of thousands at minimum
“It costs tens of thousands of dollars at the very least in legal fees and in, in consulting financial fees in order to officially wind down a company.”
Amazon launched a free competitor one month after Gazdecki sold his startup
“When I sold my previous business, it was a drag and drop mobile app builder. Within a month, Amazon released a free version of what I had built.”
LittleThings built 50 million Facebook followers before the platform revoked distribution
“I had like, fifty million followers on Facebook at one point, right? But they were rented, and Facebook decided to take them back, right?”