Andrew Gazdecki is a storyteller and has been an entrepreneur for a very long time, he started his first company, Bizness Apps, while still in college, which was an affordable mobile app development platform for small businesses, and initially, raised around $100,000 in funding. By the time Bizness Apps was acquired by private equity firm Think3, they had grown to $10M in annual recurring revenue, operating in 40 countries, and employing over 100 people.

His second business, Altcoin.io, was a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading digital assets, by trading on their decentralized, non-custodial platform, traders could protect their assets. Altcoin.io became a champion of security in a market dominated by custodial platforms that put users’ funds at risk. By challenging the status quo, they were defending the rights of traders everywhere – a story that their prospects loved. This eventually led the company to be acquired by global investment firm BnkToTheFuture.

In this episode we cover:

• 01:54 - How Andrew as College Student Built BiznessApss in 2010
• 13:28 - At $10 MM in ARR, Was Exiting the Right Decision?
• 23:12 - Building Microaquire & Current Vision
• 32:43 - Streamlining the Sales Process of a SaaS company
• 37:31 - What's more important, the content you publish, or where you publish it?
• 45:42 - Long-Term Strategies in the Market for Buyers & Sellers on the Post-COVID Environment
• 49:16 - What has Changed on Acquisition Deals, & Some Trends As Startups Emerge from Lockdowns
• 50:46 - Valuations that Sell Quickly in 2020 and Comparison from 2019
• 52:22 - How Does the Rest of 2020 Looks like for Andrew Gazdecki

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