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Andrew Gazdecky

Founder and CEO, Acquire.com · 1 appearance on the record.

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Andrew Gazdecki is the founder and CEO of Acquire.com, an online marketplace designed to streamline acquisitions for software startups and SaaS businesses. Before founding Acquire.com, he bootstrapped and sold Bizness Apps, exited Altcoin.io, and authored the book Getting Acquired: How I Built and Sold Two Startups.

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Gazdecky: MicroAcquire connects founders to buyers in a day vs months for brokers
“That work that a broker does typically takes like three months. We get you up and live on Microquire and introduced to buyers within a day.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 12:28 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: MicroAcquire charges no fees, commissions, or exclusivity to list
“So if you're a startup founder, you can list your company on microacquire completely free. There's no commissions. There's no fees. There's no exclusivity. And we allow founders to connect directly with buyers.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 8:20 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
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Gazdecky: MicroAcquire's largest deal topped $5M with 9-figure capable buyers
“So the largest transaction to my knowledge is about over five million. There's definitely buyers in there that can transact in the hundreds of millions for sure.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 11:00 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: MicroAcquire will aggregate M&A advisors into a single marketplace
“So we're going to be aggregating the entire industry into one single marketplace. So rather than just being one boutique brokerage firm, we're bringing in all the best M&A advisors, all the best business brokers that specifically focus on SaaS or e-commerce or…”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 12:48 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: MicroAcquire is building the 'Zillow of M&A' with automated valuations
“So we're building the Zillow of M&A. That's kind of been what we've been saying internally where, you know, what is your startup really worth? We're gonna have data-driven valuations based on what we're seeing in the marketplace.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 18:08 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Insight
Gazdecky: Founders face severe knowledge and experience disadvantages against buyers
“So when they go to the table with buyers, they're at an advantage because right now they're at a disadvantage, both from an educational standpoint and experience standpoint.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 19:28 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
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Gazdecky: MicroAcquire hit 300 deals and $100M volume by July 2021
“Over 300 acquisitions, over a hundred million dollars in close deal volume. We have about 70,000 registered buyers adding about 300 plus daily. We're in the top 4000 in visited websites in the world.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 21:06 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: MicroAcquire partnered with a $300M-backed startup to finance SaaS acquisitions
“We secured a partnership with a startup that's recently raised, I think like, three hundred million dollars, and they're looking to finance SaaS acquisitions with over a million in revenue.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 30:17 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: Bizness Apps was built specifically with acquisition in mind
“Candidly, the business was built with Getting acquired in mind.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 7:43 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: MicroAcquire is bringing in-house legal counsel for sellers
“You know, we're bringing legal counsel in house just to provide legal counsel for entrepreneurs as well, looking to sell, looking for light advice or just package services.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 20:35 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire
Disclosure
Gazdecky: Every Early MicroAcquire Hire Was from Former Startup Bizness Apps
“Everyone I hired for Microquire was with me for the acquisition of business apps. So my VP of product, my VP of engineering, my CFO, my VP of marketing, my old creative designer starting next week, and she's awesome.”
Andrew Gazdecky Jul 20, 2021 ▶ 24:05 Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire

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EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Episode 559 | Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace with MicroAquire Jul 20, 2021 18m
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