How does a startup get acquired? — an AMA with Andrew Gazdecki

Hosted by Hustle Fund & Elizabeth Yin

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Ever wonder how a startup actually gets acquired? How does the acquirer find your company? How does the price get determined? How do you start a bidding war?

We're pleased to host a conversation between Hustle Fund's Elizabeth Yin and Andrew Gazdecki, founder of Acquire.com in an AMA format.

What does a typical acquisition process look like?
How do you prepare your startup for an acquisition?
What do buyers look for when acquiring a startup?
How can you increase your odds of being acquired?

Bring your questions!

Andrew Gazdecki is the CEO of Acquire.com, a founder-friendly startup acquisition marketplace that's helped 100s of startups get acquired and has facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.

Prior to Acquire, Andrew started Bizness Apps and Altcoin.io, both of which were acquired.

He's been featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as prominent industry blogs such as Mashable, TechCrunch and VentureBeat.

Elizabeth Yin is a co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneurs. Previously, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit (acq 2014). Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.