Episode 617 | News Roundup: Profitwell $200M Exit, Spreadsheet Mentality, and Watching an Acquirer Ruin Your Company
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English - August 23, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 675 ratingsCareers Business Technology business marketing entrepreneur entrepreneurship leadership finance entrepreneurs interview health fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In episode 617, Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn join Rob Walling for a bootstrapper news roundup episode. They cover a wide range of topics from ProfitWell’s big 200 million exit, spreadsheet mentality, watching an acquirer ruin your company, and much more.
Topics we cover:
[3:06] What’s your take on ProfitWell’s acquisition?
[5:52] Watching an acquirer ruin your company
[14:03] The spreadsheet mentality
[23:09] If you can’t buy it twice, don’t buy it
[36:00] Balancing realism with optimism as a founder
Links from the Show:
Tracy Osborn @tracymakes I Twitter
Einar Vollset @einarvollset I Twitter
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