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by andycloke 2215 days ago
Hi J,

Thanks for all the feedback!

Not sure I totally get your point about my reason for selling. Are you saying I should or shouldn't say my heart's not in it? That's the genuine reason and I've always built in the open and been transparent about my business/ goals.

My primary motivation now is starting another SaaS project like this one, but in a niche that I'm more interested in. At the moment I think that's B2B lead gen or SEO.

Obviously very different beasts to this - mature industries etc but things I've developed an interest in by doing this more opportunist project. So I'm 100% not looking for an acquire-hire!

Happy to be viewed as a side hustle. That's basically what it has been until very recently.

Yes, those are the main people I'm speaking to at the moment. Also Indie Hacker types.

Agree, if it wasn't for the fact it relies on scraping this thing would be worth 5 x much as I've suggested in the doc. I'd say this is very hard to value, even looking at historical multiples on Flippa etc.

Please don't mention MBAs!

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"Not sure I totally get your point about my reason for selling. Are you saying I should or shouldn't say my heart's not in it? That's the genuine reason and I've always built in the open and been transparent about my business/ goals." => Just phrasing. Say you love something else more than this; saying you don't want to do it has negative connotations. Again, just semantics, but they can seriously influence likelihood of deal & valuation...

Happy hunting!

Ah I see what you mean, thanks!