A non-developer built a SaaS in Bubble, took it to $10-11K MRR in his first year, tried to sell it to private equity for $112K — and concluded that the acquisition failed partly because his growth came from twelve burner TikTok accounts instead of an ad account.
listed on Acquire.com at a $112,000 expectation, deal did not close · $40,000+ lifetime paid ad spend · current iOS app portfolio: ~$3K/month, first $440 day · at $50/day ad spend: 8-10 trial starts/day, 4-5 converting
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