Samantha Hamilton founded Dottie for Running in 2015 from her one-bedroom LA apartment, blending her love for Disney and distance running into handmade running skirts. What started as a $5,000 Etsy experiment turned into a thriving niche eCommerce brand doing six figures annually. Ten years later, balancing life as a military spouse and mom of three, Samantha sold her business through Flippa and found the perfect buyer from within her own customer community. The conversation covers how she g...
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Samantha Hamilton founded Dottie for Running in 2015 from her one-bedroom LA apartment, blending her love for Disney and distance running into handmade running skirts. What started as a $5,000 Etsy experiment turned into a thriving niche eCommerce brand doing six figures annually. Ten years later, balancing life as a military spouse and mom of three, Samantha sold her business through Flippa and found the perfect buyer from within her own customer community. The conversation covers how she g...
From Quiz Company to Media Empire: Sporcle's Acquisition Strategy
Humans of Flippa
30 minutes
10 months ago
From Quiz Company to Media Empire: Sporcle's Acquisition Strategy
Join us for an insightful conversation with Ali Aydar, CEO of Sporcle, as he shares how his company evolved from a quiz platform into a major edutainment brand through strategic acquisitions, including their seven-figure purchase of TypingTest.com. Key Takeaways: *How to align acquisitions with organizational DNA and capabilities *The role of passion vs expertise in business acquisitions *Strategies for leveraging debt in larger acquisitions *Building "manufactured serendipity" in deal flo...
Humans of Flippa
Samantha Hamilton founded Dottie for Running in 2015 from her one-bedroom LA apartment, blending her love for Disney and distance running into handmade running skirts. What started as a $5,000 Etsy experiment turned into a thriving niche eCommerce brand doing six figures annually. Ten years later, balancing life as a military spouse and mom of three, Samantha sold her business through Flippa and found the perfect buyer from within her own customer community. The conversation covers how she g...
