Andrew Gazdecki

Chief Revenue Officer

Acquire.com

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.

500 Startups

500 Global is a venture capital firm with more than $2.3 billion in assets under management that invests early in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Entrepreneur In Residence

Spiff Inc

Spiff is a new class of commission software designed for high-growth and enterprise organizations.

Advisor (Acquired)

• Helped company grow 1000%+ and raise $10m Series-A
• Created sales motion and marketing strategy
• Secured press in TechCrunch, Forbes, SalesHacker, etc
• Hired VP Sales & Director of Marketing
• Worked with some of the smartest people around
• Left to start another company

Spiff is a next-generation sales compensation platform that automates sales commissions traditionally calculated in Google Sheets or Excel.

Altcoin.io

• Acquired in 2019 by global investment firm BnkToTheFuture
• Founded company in 2018 and lead brand, product, growth strategy
• Recruited and managed a talented blockchain engineering team
• Successfully raised a seed round of ~$800k
• Recruited FinTech executive as President to lead GTM strategy
• Featured in Coindesk, Bitcoin.com, Cointelegraph, Forbes and more
• Open sourced the first Bitcoin to Ethereum "atomic swap" trade protocol

Altcoin.io is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and peer-to-peer trading solution built upon the Ethereum blockchain.

CEO and Founder (Acquired)

Bizness Apps

• Acquired in 2018 by private equity firm ESW Capital
• Founded in 2010 and lead to a successful acquisition
• Grew revenue from zero to $10m+/ARR
• Managed profitability with only ~$100k in equity investment
• Recruited and managed high-performance team of ~100+
• Developed innovative channel partner GTM strategy
• Featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, NYT, Inc. 500, WSJ and more
• Scaled technology to serve 20m+ MAUs in 40+ countries
• Managed brand, product, and growth strategy
• Strong focus on creating an enjoyable company culture
• Created more mobile apps than any company in the world

Bizness Apps is a do-it-yourself mobile app builder allowing any small business to create, edit, and manage mobile apps online without any programming knowledge needed.

Awards and accolades:
2014 - Inc. 500 #58 Fastest Growing Company
2014 - Inc. 500 #2 Fastest Growing Company in San Francisco
2015 - Inc. 500 #91 Fastest Growing Company
2015 - Nicereply: #1 Customer Success in North America
2015 - Entreprenuer.com: Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America
2016 - G2 Crowd: Top 50 SMB Products
2016 - TINYPulse: Top 10% for Employee Happiness
2017 - Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs

Founder and CEO of Acquire.com. Acquire.com has helped 100s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.

I’m Andrew Gazdecki and I’ve been an entrepreneur for longer than I can remember. I like to build stuff, mostly companies, and try to tell a story that goes beyond what the company does to how it’s changing markets.

I've started two companies, Bizness Apps and Altcoin.io, both acquired.

I have been featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc.com, and Entrepreneur Magazine, as well as prominent industry blogs such as Mashable, TechCrunch and VentureBeat.

Awards and accolades:
2014 - Inc. 500 #58 Fastest Growing Company
2014 - Inc. 500 #2 Fastest Growing Company in San Francisco
2015 - Inc. 500 #91 Fastest Growing Company
2015 - Entreprenuer.com: Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America
2015 and 2016 - G2 Crowd: Top 50 SMB Products
2015 and 2016 - TINYPulse: Top 10% for Employee Happiness
2017 - Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs

Apple was 3 months from bankruptcy.

Amazon’s stock once fell 80%.

A last minute deal saved Tesla. 

Nike once faced a $25M crisis.

FedEx survived by a Vegas gamble.

SpaceX survived thanks to NASA.

To all startups out there struggling, you’re in great company. 

Keep going.

Andrew Gazdecki 

Every entrepreneur who's rolled up their sleeves to build a startup no matter how it turned out deserves massive respect.

Every startup is guaranteed to have good times and bad. It’s part of the game. That’s why the effort deserves serious respect.

The only ones who might not understand this are those who have never really been in the trenches building a business before.

Startups can take a decade to build.

Year 1: stay in the game

Year 2: find product market fit

Year 3: find paying customers

Year 4: build a team and delegate

Year 5: build processes to scale

Year 6-10: just stay in the game

Be that 10-year overnight success.

Entrepreneurs choose a rough and chaotic path in life. They work insanely hard for sometimes decades to build their startup.

Why?

Because they’re driven by purpose, love building, and hope their hard work will pay off. Shout out to the crazy ones out there.

Thrilled to announce acquire.com:

After helping 1000+ startups get acquired.

Has been acquired on acquire.com.

I’ve made a ton of startup mistakes.

I’ve hired people that didn’t work out.

I’ve had marketing campaigns flop.

I’ve done a live webinar with no audio.

I’ve made features no one wanted.

I’ve burned myself out many times.

Mistakes and failure is how you learn.

Too many founders give up too early.

Building a successful startup requires you to do a lot of boring stuff consistently for years that pays off if you’re patient.

Please keep going and keep building.

Startup founders: the sooner you accept this the better.

Things you need to build a startup...

- tons of grit
- internet
- laptop
- courage
- patience
- positive attitude
- willing to put in the work
- wiling to be rejected
- patience
- more grit

That's pretty much it.

Friendly reminder:

The fastest way to learn how to build a startup is to start building a startup. 

Plain and simple.

It's your job as a startup founder to figure out sales.

And marketing.

Hiring someone early for this role rarely works out.

So please learn.

Things you’ll feel when building a startup:

You’ll feel stressed out.

You’ll feel like you’re failing.

You’ll feel imposter syndrome.

You’ll feel like giving up.

It’s not glamorous or easy.

Every founder feels this. It’s normal.

So stay positive and keep going.

Startup founders have to be positive.

During bad times be optimistic.
During good times be optimistic.

Because you’re on a journey.

With purpose few will ever get to experience.

So enjoy the ride.
Play the long game.
And be grateful.

When you feel like giving up: don’t.

When you think about giving up: don’t.

When others tell you to give up: don’t.

Please believe in yourself and keep going.

Welcome to entrepreneurship.

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