What I Learned Each Time My Startups Got Acquired

Joe Procopio
Sep 5, 2018 · 7 min read

I’ve founded, co-founded, or been early at 12 startups in my career. Of those, eight were exits (six via acquisition), two stagnated, one was a dumpster fire, and one is still in play.

In each of the acquisitions, I made mistakes before, during, and after. I learned lessons that I carried into the next startup, and because of those lessons, each subsequent acquisition was bigger…

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Joe Procopio

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I’m a multi-exit, multi-failure entrepreneur. Building Spiffy, sold Automated Insights, sold ExitEvent, built Intrepid Media. More about me at joeprocopio.com

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