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How to Build an App Business You Can Exit Who we are FE International was founded in 2010 Broker the sale of online businesses 100% self-funded to date Eight figures in completed deals Year on year growth 2010 2014


  1. How to Build an App Business You Can Exit

  2. Who we are • FE International was founded in 2010 • Broker the sale of online businesses • 100% self-funded to date • Eight figures in completed deals • Year on year growth 2010 2014

  3. “Looks can be deceiving” Support Complexity Diversity Owner Responsibility

  4. Proactive vs. Reactive Losing $500K in a Day

  5. The unsellable business Volume Support Support Debt Sales Age of Business

  6. Rational investors won ’ t pay for ‘ known ’ potential

  7. A few lessons from successful sales Known metrics Site 1 Stable or growing MRR $680K Evergreen niche Site 2 Site 3 $209K $149K Track record Helpful owner

  8. What does the average buyer want?  Month-on-month increasing MRR  Upwardly trending niche  Outsourced support  Documented production roadmaps/codebase  Transferability

  9. Okay, okay. Just tell me what it is worth… Recurring Subscription Buyer Demand One Time Software iPhone/Android? Multiple of SDE

  10. Wrap up  Insurance policy (hope you don’t need it)  Proactivity is key  Recurring beats one-time

  11. Thanks for Listening Q&A Session Email: thomas@feinternational.com @ThomasSmale Website: www.feinternational.com Slides : www.feinternational.com/microconfeurope

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