Startup exits are the most sought after events in Silicon Valley, but very few people get to experience them. On the Startup Exits Podcast we chat with founders that started, ran and sold a tech company to learn about how it all went down. This podcast is hosted by Andrew Vasylyk and produced by StartupSoft – visit www.startupsoft.com for more info and other great content.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 hours 48 minutes
episode 5: Tim Gill, founder of Quark: $500 million founder exit
Tim Gill founded Quark in 1981, which built the world's most popular enterprise publishing software and held 90% of the market share at its peak. After selling all his shares in Quark for $500 million in 2000, Tim became one of the wealthiest 400 people in America and the single largest individual donor to the LGBT rights movement in US history.
On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Tim about:
• Early days of word processors...
episode 4: Sean Byrnes, founder of Flurry: $250 million sale to Yahoo
Sean Byrnes is the founder and ex-CEO of Flurry – a mobile analytics company that lives inside apps on billions of devices and as a result has the best understanding of mobile consumer behaviour. Having held 90% of the market share, Flurry represented “mobile strategy in a box” for Yahoo during its acquisition in 2014.
On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Sean about:
• Preparing for a paradigm shift...
episode 3: Sonny Vu, founder of Misfit: $260 million sale to Fossil
Sonny Vu is a serial entrepreneur turned investor and advisor. Along with cofounders John Sculley (former Apple CEO), Sridhar Iyengar and Christy Trang Le, Sonny started, ran and sold Misfit – one of the most iconic wearable brands on the planet.
On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Sonny about:
• How to come up with the right ideas and analyze the market and competition...
episode 2: Tim Jenkins, founder of SendGrid: $3 billion sale to Twilio
Tim Jenkins is a founder and ex-CTO of SendGrid, world's largest email delivery platform that sends as many emails per day as Twitter generates Tweets. SendGrid IPO'd in 2017 and was acquired by Twilio for $3 billion dollars in 2019.
On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Tim about:
• SendGrid's experience with TechStars.
• Product-market-fit. What makes a great CTO?
• Startup culture...
episode 1: Chris Barton, founder of Shazam: $400 million sale to Apple
Chris Barton is a founder and ex-CEO of Shazam, one of the most iconic and loved apps that has ever been built. Shazam amassed over a billion downloads and was acquired by Apple in 2017 for $400 million.
On this episode of the Startup Exits Podcast, we chat with Chris about:
• Is it bad to start a business with friends?
• Should founders be secretive about their idea?
• Fundraising strategies for startups...