When is the right time to sell your profitable SaaS?
In this week's episode, Rob Walling talks with Pierre de Wulf, co-founder of ScrapingBee, about how they mostly bootstrapped their web scraping SaaS to $5 million ARR and an eight-figure all-cash exit. They explore the pivotal shift that took them from $7K MRR to nearly $1M ARR in just 15 months, what Pierre splurged on post-exit, and the emotional, legal, and strategic complexities of selling a company.
Topics we cover:
- (3:31) – Why they chose to sell
- (5:41) – Post-exit emotions and celebrations
- (9:57) – Lessons from failed startups before ScrapingBee
- (13:16) – From 8k to $1m ARR in 15 months
- (17:14) – Building a scalable SEO content engine
- (29:19) – Handling a major cease-and-desist
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