Andrew Opala

Author of 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐂𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 5 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, General Partner at Preference Capital, Angel Investor at Altitude Angels, Brampton Angels

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Most startups are not built to be acquired.

If the don't struggle too much to raise money, then they struggle with developing features, or customers or sometimes they just act busy. But how can you really concentrate on what is important?

Acquirers do not buy effort. They buy signals.

In Zero to Acquisition, 388,000+ U.S. startups were analyzed between 2010-2019. We matched acquired vs. closed companies to find why some were acquired and why some failed. I did it to understand how to be successful in my own startup building and investing.

I share the important things in the book like:
• founder structure
• funding path
• patents and trademarks
• customer growth
• revenue signals
• acquirer fit
• time to exit

Buy the paperback, mark it up, and use it before your next fundraise, pivot, partnership, or acquisition conversation. If you follow these principles you can pitch my Angel Group or Venture Fund with the contact information in back of the book.

Amazon paperback link in first reply.

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@SoveyX on it, boss

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@SoveyX I'm always paid to be an extra

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@SoveyX I always had massive heartburn from their sauce (sweet marinara had a lot of sugar in it). One thing I really can't understand about American Food, everything has unnecessary sugar in it.

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@TiffanyFong true

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Every civilization tells stories that criticizes itself when it needs to be told:

Joan van Broekhuizen, after the Dutch Golden Age
George Orwell, at the end of the British Empire
Generation of '98, at the end of the Spanish Empire

You, who has read literature in the original, have not heard of such things?

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@pensandpoison ouch

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@LITizenJeff @SoveyX That's my Brand, ... just checked both pairs in my closet and they say they're manufactured in Vietnam. So I own the "other" model.

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@paulg European Universities dropped in enrolment in the 1630s during the 30 Years War. Drops in interest or enrolment is an important historic pivot point and a marker of cultural change.

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@Patrciamq3 that's a superior price then

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@SoveyX https://t.co/4s7mnhsGSW

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@SoveyX thank you

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@SoveyX do take requests? some of this stuff you're posting is actually pretty good

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@tunguz I find the same thing - I am very limited by your inhibitions

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@tunguz @NateSilver538 I waiting for the Pickleball rankings

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@nntaleb Seeing your books has made you a human to me. greetings

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@SoveyX :) good for you, lots of interaction on all of your posts, I'm still wrestling a raccoon at the back of the gas station with my post!