Andrew Gazdecki

Chief Revenue Officer

Founder and CEO of Acquire.com. Acquire.com has helped 100s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.

Founder & CEO of Acquire.com, the world’s most founder-friendly startup acquisition marketplace.

We’ve helped 2,000+ founders sell their startups, facilitated $500M+ in closed deals, and built a network of 500,000+ buyers across 100+ countries.

Before Acquire.com, I founded Bizness Apps and Altcoin.io, both acquired. Along the way, I’ve been featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc., TechCrunch, and more.

I believe in building profitable, bootstrapped, and founder-friendly businesses and telling the stories that inspire others to do the same.

Highlights & Awards:
Inc. 500: Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies (2014, 2015)
Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneur.com’s Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America
Multiple exits with $10M+ ARR bootstrapped growth

I’m here to help founders get acquired on their terms and have fun building along the way.

Acquire.com has helped 100s of startups get acquired and has facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.

Our goal is to build world’s most founder-friendly startup acquisition marketplace. We help turn founder journeys into success stories.

Recently joined Florian Darroman's podcast and had a blast. 

We talked about my entrepreneurial journey and building acquire.com.

I also broke down exactly what a $10M startup looks like, why distribution beats product every time, and what I'd build if I started over in 2026.

Check out the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/g_yXdG36

Andrew Gazdecki 

Founder and CEO of Acquire.com. Acquire.com has helped 1000s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.

Ovi Shekh sold his AI startup on acquire.com after talking to 50+ buyers in two months. And he was still a student.

Wisdom Make AI started as a simple tool to help a professor with literature reviews. Just scratching his own itch. It picked up traction fast. 

Around 1,900 users through his university network and then more institutions started using it.

At the same time he was working on another startup and planning to move to Australia for post-grad. Life was pulling him in different directions.

So he asked himself a hard question. 

Am I the right person to scale this?

The product had potential. But scaling it properly needed focus he couldnt give. So he decided to sell. Not because it was failing or burned out.

Just timing.

He listed on acquire.com, spoke with over 50 buyers, and chose the one who believed in the original vision. Not just the highest price.

Thats how you do it. Build something useful. Get real users. 

And when it makes sense, sell it on your terms.

Check out the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gqBsEnJj

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐈 𝐃𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔?

I connect businesses with their ideal clients on LinkedIn using data-driven automated outreach. 


𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒?

My process has the following steps:

1. 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡. Should you reach out to clients directly, or look for referral partners? What has worked best for you in the past? Perhaps you want to reach out to new markets? 

2. 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. 90%+ of automated messages on LinkedIn are ignored. What should you say that is honest, direct, and good enough to get a reply?

3. 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡. I put the messaging into motion by creating lists of prospects, setting up the sequences, reporting and A/B testing. 

The biggest benefit is saving 10-15 hours a week growing your pipeline, time you can instead spend closing more deals.


𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐈 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐘𝐎𝐔?

I create better lists of prospects than you can through LinkedIn because I have access to filters they don't give you like net worth, income and age. 

I can write better messaging than AI because I shorten it to what 10+ years of experience and data tells me works. 

To start the conversation, just reach out to connect and message me.

Bjarne Viken

Pst...don't tell anyone, I am speaking from stage again. :-)

Imran Abul Kashem was kind enough to invite me to a panel about LinkedIn. Mo Hamdouna and Tima Elhajj will join me. 

In it we will cover topics like the fear of being on LinkedIn, positioning and getting a return from spending time here. 

 #weconnectwyndham

I connect business owners and BDMs to clients on LinkedIn.

Do you struggle to get your content seen on LinkedIn? 

The impressions from posts has gone down by 50-65% between 2023 and 2025.

Now LinkedIn is trying to get you to pay for getting more impressions or engagement.

Below are screenshots taken from how it looks like on my end. 

What do you think about this?

What is your purpose for being on LinkedIn?

I often review profile and usually start with that question. 

The most common answer I get is "I want more visiblity" or "I want more people to know what I do"

Then I ask; "What if a thousand people saw you on LinkedIn and no-one reached out to you or wanted to do business with you, would you be ok with that?"

I usually get a "No" and a smile indicating something.

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