Shaan Puri
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What is it?
And he tells us that Andrew Wilkinson, our buddy, other friend of the pod, he made an offer to buy the company for $52 million.
And this was great.
You know, this is a company that Marshall bootstrapped, didn't raise any money.
So, you know, potentially big exit, but it was a stock-based deal.
And, you know, Marshall was going to take it.
And Marshall had worked for Andrew when he was young.
He had a lot of respect for Andrew.
So, I think it was like part of it was like this like almost like full circle validation moment.
But, you know, personally, I think every entrepreneur can have that where it's like, wow, Facebook wants to buy my company.
This is unbelievable.
And then there's the financial component to it.
And...
On the phone, I was like, well, let me give you my opinion.
And I realized very quickly, I was like, oh, he's actually already decided.
This was a, let me, I just wanted to let you know, disguised as a, what do you think call?
But you know, I'm, I'm a very opinionated guy.
So not to be deterred.
I was like, hey, listen, like, you know, we're growing really fast.
I like our stock.