Limit yourself to a business that can scale fast. Target high income countries.
- Do you get partners, co-founders or investors?
Don't get any of those unless you actually need them. That is, they are providing value.
- How do you approach sales and marketing?
Read $100m Leads by Alex Hormozi
- Do you go for a lot of small customers, or less big customers?
It depends on the business choose what's more lucrative.
- Do you target a small niche market, or compete in an established large segment?
The riches are in the niches.
- Where do you find the buyer? What does the buyer want, and how to optimize for that?
Acquired.com is very comprehensive. So is Tiny.com Company. They explicitly list their requirements.
- Is it possible to reliably plan for acquisition by one of the Big Tech companies?
Big tech companies cannot just buy a startup at random. You need to build a prior long term relationship & demonstrate that your business can offer value to them.
But $5m is such a small acquisition that they wouldn't pay attention. Maybe small PE funds.
Limit yourself to a business that can scale fast. Target high income countries.
- Do you get partners, co-founders or investors?
Don't get any of those unless you actually need them. That is, they are providing value.
- How do you approach sales and marketing?
Read $100m Leads by Alex Hormozi
- Do you go for a lot of small customers, or less big customers?
It depends on the business choose what's more lucrative.
- Do you target a small niche market, or compete in an established large segment?
The riches are in the niches.
- Where do you find the buyer? What does the buyer want, and how to optimize for that?
Acquired.com is very comprehensive. So is Tiny.com Company. They explicitly list their requirements.
- Is it possible to reliably plan for acquisition by one of the Big Tech companies?
Big tech companies cannot just buy a startup at random. You need to build a prior long term relationship & demonstrate that your business can offer value to them.
But $5m is such a small acquisition that they wouldn't pay attention. Maybe small PE funds.