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.

If your business can’t survive without you, it isn’t an asset. It’s a job. I talk to founders every day who are proud of being "in the weeds." They close every lead, ship the critical code, and manage every fire.

In their minds, they are the MVP. 

In a buyer's eyes, they are a single point of failure.

Think about it: If a buyer acquires your company and you walk away, does the engine stop running?

If you are the only one who can sell, the revenue is at risk.

If you are the only one who understands the code, the product is at risk.

Buyers aren't buying you but rather they are buying a machine that prints money. If you are a critical gear in that machine, you’ve just slashed your valuation.

The best thing you can do for your exit is to make yourself irrelevant.

Delegation isn't just about productivity; it’s about increasing your multiple. 

A "turnkey" operation that runs without the founder is worth exponentially more than one that requires 80-hour weeks from the CEO.

My challenge: Fire yourself from one department this month. Build a machine that doesn't need its creator. 

That’s how you get the exit you deserve.

PS - We see the highest multiples go to "Founder-independent" startups at acquire.com. If you’ve built a machine that runs on autopilot, there are over 500,000 buyers on our platform waiting to see it. Speak with our team today: https://lnkd.in/gNtHKz7c

Andrew Gazdecki 

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

Please bet on yourself and build a startup.

Shred Cycle

SHRED CYCLE® is closing the loop on waste by transforming scrap plastic into circular materials, like our RESHRED™ Faux Leather, made from skate wheels! 

Shred Cycle is helping brands hit their sustainability goals by providing circular materials for their products. We help companies with Zero Waste and end-of-life strategy. 

Shred Cycle is now a portfolio company of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator and a member of the San Diego Sports Innovators.

Developing and innovating processes to repurpose and process polyurethane waste in the action sports industry, we're working to create the infrastructure needed for the Circular Economy.

Our efforts focus on helping skate brands achieve zero waste, traceability and assurance for recycled materials in the Outdoor Industry. Born out of a passion project, we launched the first-of-its-kind online, affordable service for skaters to send in their old used wheels.

Founder & CEO

Freelance 

- Consulting Circular Economy clients on Decarbonization strategy, Scope emissions inventory, SBTis, ESG, Impact Reports, BCorp, and Sustainability Strategy. 
- Zero Waste and End-of-life strategy, SASB, GRI l, ISO Standards. 
- Authentic Impact Storytelling, Branding, and Organic Marketing.
- Production Services and Influencer Marketing for entertainment, consumer products, and action sports industries.

- Previous: Eco E-Commerce store. Working to find sustainable solutions for small businesses.

Fractional Sustainability Officer | Senior Sustainability Consultant

Stumptown Coffee Roasters

- Punk rock, sustainability, skateboarding, and coffee.
- Worked with a small professional team to produce all whole bean coffee for the Southwest market, including retail, wholesale, and grocery channels. 
- Integrated art, science, and ERP Oracle software to roast coffee with a balanced, sweet and clean profile.  
- Able to speak to our craft, our supply chain transparency, Direct Trade model, global producer-partners and unique coffee offerings.

Biz Operations & Professional Coffee Roaster 

Roasting Apprentice 

- Ensured quality control and inventory management of production line and distribution. 
- Served as a liaison for logistical needs of Sales, Ordering, Training, and Grocery teams.	
- Coordinated with Roasting and Customer Support teams to successfully fulfill and deliver orders.

Operations - Production Systems Lead

- As the senior team member, I trained new team members and incoming managers on processes/daily work flow for our coffee ordering life cycle. 
- Coordinated daily with Production and Roasting teams to ensure accurate order reports in our ERP software, Netsuite.
- Provided guidance on complex logistics to support immediate customer needs.
- Coordinated with Roasting and Training departments to organize educational coffee cuppings and trainings for the Wholesale Support team.  
- Enhanced knowledge of coffee processing and coffee tasting notes. AKA Drink coffee all the time and work with amazing people! 
Favorite thing: Discovering the wonderful impact our producer partners are having on the craft coffee industry and in their local communities.

Wholesale Customer Support Associate

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group

- Managed a fundraising and campaign offices, responsible for overseeing and motivating a staff of 15 employees. Responsible for HR, Payroll, and Deliverables. 
- Organized the largest student-wide vote in the country to secure $1.7 million in funding.
- Coordinating local and national campaigns including New Voters Project, Clean Water Act Loopholes, and Don't Frack the Delaware River.

Organizer; Assistant Director - Rutgers University 

The City Project

- Archived historic environmental justice documents of Los Angeles for Smithsonian exhibit.

Legal Archivist 

Council of Inspectors General on Integrity & Efficiency

- Developed a marketing & outreach strategy for the 73 member Council of the Inspectors General.				
- Presented findings of historical research on the IG History - to be used for IG Training Academy.

Research Intern

California State Student Association

- Served as CSUF students’ representative on a 23 campus board
- Introduced & deliberated on policies and action plans for CSU students statewide

Board Member

Associated Students, Inc. CSUF

- Developed and coordinated all grassroots campaigns for a student body of 36,000		
- Maintained relationships with 8 state & national legislative representatives
- Directly responsible for staff of 3. Chaired Legislative Affairs Committee & oversaw additional staff members

Chief Governmental Officer

Pathways Business Development Company 

- Social networking, HTML, & web design 
- Coordinated with Nimble Wireless in India & other wireless and solar professionals

Networking Director

We! Alternative Voices for an Alternative Future

- Organize advocacy campaigns				 
- Host weekly workshops for on educational justice, political movements, & different social issues

Organizer

I'm a mission-driven competitive skateboarder working to make sustainability the standard in business.
Currently -> CEO + Senior Sustainability Consultant at Shred Cycle, transforming plastic waste into circular materials. 

Focused on helping companies with zero waste, circular economy & triple bottom line strategies. Bringing value and material reclamation to Action Sports. 

I bring a track record in Production/ Manufacturing Operations in high growth companies and B Corps. My background in Environmental Sustainability, CPG, and Public Policy enables me to look at the big picture as well as the small details and provide critical insights to brands and leadership teams. 

I'm driven by curiosity and the underlying connections and patterns found all around the natural world and universe. #natureiscool 

If I'm not at the skate park or the beach, I'm either sorting plastic waste, writing, or with my partner and cat listening to surf rock and watching sci-fi.

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