Getting Acquired

Great success is built on failure, frustration, even catastrophe.

\A great book from a humble founder who simply built + sold his SAAS startup - no fluff, no BS, no self promoting. I’d actually really recommend this book.

Hiring - three questions:

1. Would they enjoy working here?
2. Would I enjoy working with them?
3. Could they do the job?
4. Hire people like yourself. Big theme = positivity.

• PMF - Don’t be in a rush to get big, be in a rush to have a great product.
  • Be lean. Limits create boundaries. Strive to do less, better.
  • Urgency inspires efficiency.
  • Focus on pleasing customers not investors.
• Storytelling
  1. Identify a shift
  2. Create a new category
  3. Reinforce a theme
  4. Start a movement
• M&A
  • question list, pg 208