Hacker Bits, April 2016

My "celebration" at In-N-Out
So sure enough: I transferred
the apps from my iTunes Connect
account to theirs. I gave
them my login details for my
email list, my hosting account,
and a few other things.
Then they wired over the
money.
And just like that the deal
was over and I’d sold my first
company.
My wife was out of town so
to “celebrate” I treated myself to
In-N-Out for lunch!
Mental exhaustion
The deal made a ton of sense
and I’m glad it got done.
But it did take over 7
months, hundreds of emails,
and dozens of phone calls. It
was psychologically exhausting
and definitely the hardest part
of the 3.5 years I ran the business.
I’d heard so many horror
stories about failed acquisitions
that I always assumed it was
dead until the cash was finally in
the bank.
Even literally the Monday
before the sale closed I spent all
day in bed worried about whether
it would actually go through.
That was not fun, and various
levels of depression occurred
throughout the sales process.
That would explain the
relieved smile in the picture
above.
Thank you Salem Media. It
was a pleasure doing business
with you.
Here’s to the next side
project. •
Reprinted with permission of the original author. First appeared at trevormckendrick.com.
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