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.

Megapixel VR

Product Marketing Strategist

buymyupgrade

I founded buymyupgrade.com to help fellow travellers get great value from their points. The options for flights and points spending aren't always obvious, we're aiming to make that easier.

Founder

disguise

As Product Manager at Disguise, I am responsible for the technical vision and development of Disguise products, collaborating with the Community, Sales, Marketing, Training and Support teams, to guide & inform the overall vision for the product roadmap.

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, we work together on key decisions, market intelligence and product strategy ensuring Disguise continues to grow as the industry's leading media server platform.

Product Manager

My role as Associate Product Manager primarily focuses on championing the User Experience inside our R&D team to ensure we deliver high quality features & software improvements that positively impact our community. 

I continue to be the primary author of the disguise help site in this role, which allows me to constantly improve my technical writing & web development skillset.

Associate Product Manager

As Training Manager at Disguise, i've been responsible for developing our Training syllabus, delivery strategy, Training commercialisation and global Training event management alongside a team of internal and external Training staff. 

During my three years in the role, we successfully grew the Training schedule from one set of monthly Training in London, to monthly courses in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Shanghai and a large number of partner locations. 

Key achievements -

· Attendee growth from 150 attendees in 2016 to a goal of 1000 attendees in 2019. 
· Vastly improved customer experience at all face to face Training events. 
· Successfully Implemented a new global event booking system.
· Re-deployed the disguise online User Guide in an up to date, responsive web format.

Training Manager

Freelance, self employed

Freelance lighting console trainer working on behalf of private clients & leading industry manufacturers with the ability to offer manufacturer developed syllabi as well as custom courses designed for a clients specification.

Console Trainer

Freelance, self-employed

Freelance programmer working on live events, broadcast & special projects.

Lighting & Graphics Programmer

I was brought in by BSkyB to Train their lighting team on the lighting control systems installed in their newly built multi-purpose studios. Throughout this time, I took their electricians through a comprehensive syllabus that was tailored to their needs. 

When the Training had come to an end, I was kept on in a freelance capacity to serve as Lighting Programmer on shows that warranted a dedicated Programmer.

Lighting Programmer & Technical Trainer

Award winning industry technologist with a broad scope of knowledge. 

Currently serving as founder of buymyupgrade.com, the UK's mileage concierge service for frequent fliers who want the best value from their points.

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