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

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