Founder-Friendly Exits: Tim Schumacher's SaaS Acquisition Philosophy

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- In this episode of The Exit: Tim Schumacher, co-founder of SaaS Group, shares insights from his experience acquiring and growing software businesses. He discusses his journey from founding Sedo.com to co-founding SaaS Group, emphasizing his belief in subscription-based business models and stable revenue streams. Tim and SaaS Group's philosophy prioritizes a founder-friendly approach to acquisitions, focusing on cultural fit, team preservation, and transparent deal processes. Tim believes that the timing of an exit should be based on personal readiness rather than market conditions, and deal structures should align with the founders' goals and circumstances. For more details and insights from his entrepreneurial journey, listen to the latest episode of The Exit. -- While Tim Co-Founded Saas.group in 2018, he also is General Partner at World Fund and is a recognized entrepreneur and climate investor. Alongside founding World Fund, Tim has previously co-founded the world’s largest domain marketplace Sedo.com in 2001 before founding Eyeo - the makers of Adblock Plus. He has also invested in companies such as Ecosia, gridX, Zolar, Pachama and CarbonCloud and was awarded ‘Best Male Investor’ at the German Startups Association Awards in 2020. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timschumacher/ Saas.Group - https://saas.group/ Check Out Flippa’s Data Insights Tool: https://flippa.com/data-insights -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

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0:00.0	Before we get into the exit today, I want to talk about the certified M&A advisors that are on Flippa.
0:06.2	If you are an operator right now, running a business and you're thinking about exiting, you are going to want to get a free online business valuation on the exit
0:15.7	landing page without a doubt it is the smartest thing you can do to start a process and
0:20.9	get yourself organized so you're going to go to the
0:24.0	URL FLIPA.com slash exit to check out more and let's jump into the interview.
0:28.6	below and welcome to the exit presented by FLIPA, the number one platform to buy and sell online businesses.
0:34.8	Flipa manages over a billion in deal value annually and combines expert buy and sell side
0:40.8	advisory with its market leading valuation tool, deal room off market offering, market insights, an AI-based deal-by-deal matching engine.
0:49.2	Now for the exit. The exit is a 30 minute podcast featuring awesome entrepreneurs who have been
0:54.4	there and they have done it. The exit talks to operators who have bought and sold
0:58.5	businesses of all different sizes you learn how they did it, why they did it, and
1:02.4	get exposure to the world of
1:03.9	exits. It's a world occupied by a small few but accessible to many. On this
1:09.0	episode of the exit I sit down with Tim Schumacher. He is the co-founder of SAS Group, a really well-known
1:15.8	company that has been acquiring all different types of SAS businesses over the last few
1:20.9	years and they are a really exciting concept that I think has become a bigger deal recently because not only are they a really safe place for founders to call home but also because people like Tim at the helm are really
1:36.1	guiding the ship and making sure that culture fit is a key driving factor, like making sure that
1:42.3	when they're acquiring a business, they want to work with those
1:45.2	individuals and vice versa. The individuals want to work with them over a few years. So it's a really clever and
1:51.9	very scalable approach that SAS Group has taken to
1:55.3	acquiring businesses. So this is a special episode where we're going to be jumping
1:58.8	back and forth between buyer's side and the seller side. So without further ado, sit back, relax,
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