Mentorship, Bootstrapping, and Finding Product Market Fit

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The Wise Exit

Todd Sullivan

68 episodes

2 weeks ago

The Wise Exit is an open dialogue with fellow founders and former business owners sharing real stories and offering honest advice around selling their companies to some of the top acquirers in the world. Beyond the entertaining and educational exit stories, host and M&A Advisor, Todd Sullivan is here to help demystify the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) process. For example: - How much is my business worth? - What is Net Working Capital? - When should I get a Quality of Earnings analysis - Should I hire an Investment Banker, M&A Advisor, or Business Broker? - When do I talk to my Key Employees about a possible transaction? We hope you enjoy... and learn a few things along the way! https://exitwise.com/

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Entrepreneurship

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Mentorship, Bootstrapping, and Finding Product Market Fit | Andy Pai

The Wise Exit

42 minutes

2 years ago

Mentorship, Bootstrapping, and Finding Product Market Fit | Andy Pai

EPISODE 56: THIS WEEK'S GUEST - ANDY PAI
In this episode, Andy talks about:

His entrepreneurial journey of leaving his job as an investment banker and moving to San Francisco with a dream of building a company with several college friends
Managing the expectations and attraction of multiple M&A "off-ramps" along the entrepreneurial journey
How he identified the buyer intent that helped the Finbox team build a successful suite of products that led to an acquisition by Investing.com
His belief that intense focus is the secret to building a great company and full transparency with advisors and acquirers upfront saves time and creates better alignment to get your deal done

GUEST BIO:
Andy Pai is a former investment banker, and co-founder of Finbox, a financial data platform that covers over 100,000 stocks on 130 plus exchanges around the world. Andy started Finbox in 2015 and bootstrapped it all the way to an exit to Investing.com, a leader in financial data and a top 200 website globally.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Andy Pai.

WHERE TO FIND ANDY PAI:
LinkedIn

EPISODE REFERENCES AND READING MATERIAL:
Investing.com Launches Premium Service to Further Empower Retail Investors