Most startups are not built to be acquired. If the don't struggle too much to raise money, then they struggle with developing features, or customers or sometimes they just act busy. But how can you really concentrate on what is important? Acquirers do not buy effort. They buy signals. In Zero to Acquisition, 388,000 U.S. startups were analyzed between 2010-2019. We matched acquired vs. closed companies to find why some were acquired and why some failed. I did it to understand how to be successful in my own startup building and investing. I share the important things in the book like: • founder structure • funding path • patents and trademarks • customer growth • revenue signals • acquirer fit • time to exit Buy the paperback, mark it up, and use it before your next fundraise, pivot, partnership, or acquisition conversation. If you follow these principles you can pitch my Angel Group or Venture Fund with the contact information in back of the book. Amazon paperback link in first reply.

My book Zero to Acquisition is FREE digitally until Saturday. If you’re a founder, investor, or startup advisor, I’d love for you to download it and leave a review. Paperback and Audiobook coming soon. Currently #1 in Entrepreneurship on Amazon Canada. amazon.ca/dp/B0GTN5FCSF

I'm speaking about my book zero2acquisition.com/ at the Elevate Festival in October. My roundtable is at 12:30 pm. You can buy tickets here: elevatefestival.ca/

Our analysis of 140,000 startups shows that your odds of acquisition can triple depending on the number of founders you have. Are you set up for success? open.substack.com/pub/zero2a…

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