Episode 617 | News Roundup: Profitwell $200M Exit, Spreadsheet Mentality, and Watching an Acquirer Ruin Your Company
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In episode 617, Einar Vollset and Tracy Osborn join Rob Walling for a bootstrapper news roundup episode. They cover a wide range of topics from ProfitWell’s big 200 million exit, spreadsheet mentality, watching an acquirer ruin your company, and much more.

**Topics we cover: **

**[3:06] What’s your take on ProfitWell’s acquisition?  **

**[5:52] Watching an acquirer ruin your company **

**[14:03] The spreadsheet mentality **

[23:09] If you can’t buy it twice, don’t buy it

**[36:00] Balancing realism with optimism as a founder **

Links from the Show:

• Tracy Osborn @tracymakes)** I Twitter**

• Einar Vollset @einarvollset)** I Twitter**

• Episode 611 | Bootstrapping ProfitWell to a $200M Exit (with Patrick Campbell))

• Watching an acquirer ruin your company)

• Episode 605 | Building a SaaS with Little Dev Experience, Using No Code for Your MVP, Bootstrapping a Two-Sided Marketplace, and More Listener Questions)

• The “Spreadsheet Mentality” sucks, and kills the efficacy of jobs)

• If You Can’t Buy It Twice, Don’t Buy It)

• 14 Critical Things Investors Look for In A SaaS Startup)

• Applications for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 SaaS Accelerators Will Open September 12th)

• MicroConf Youtube Channel)

• MicroConf Europe)

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question) for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you.

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