Andrew Gazdecki
CEO of MicroAcquire.
Inc. 30 under 30 Entrepreneur.
Founder of Altcoin.io and Bizness Apps (both acquired).
About ME
Hi, I’m Andrew Gazdecki.
I’m an entrepreneur, mentor, and the founder of MicroAcquire.
Owning a profitable business is every entrepreneur’s dream. Once you smash that goal, it’s tempting to believe there’s no limit to your success. Statistically, however, only 1% of startups become unicorns, and selling is often the best move for your career.
In 2017, I sold my biggest company to a private equity firm. It was a long, complex, and expensive process that took me away from what I loved most – running my business. But would I do it again? Absolutely.
Successful entrepreneurship is recognizing your limits and selling while the going is good. I sold Bizness Apps because I’d taken it as far as I could. If I’d waited, I might never have found a buyer at all, leaving me stuck in an entrepreneurial dead end.
I was fortunate enough to run a multi-million-dollar business with the clout to attract the right conversations. But the same isn’t true for everyone. A five-figure SaaS business deserves the same chance, but rarely commands enough attention.
So I decided to help other founders – no matter how small their business – build the right relationships to take their entrepreneurial career to the next level.
The result is MicroAcquire.
Past Experience
Altcoin.io (Acquired)
CEO and Founder
Jan 2018 – Jun 2019
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Acquired in 2019 by global investment firm BnkToTheFuture
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Recruited FinTech executive as President to lead GTM strategy
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Featured in Coindesk, Bitcoin.com, Cointelegraph, Forbes and more
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Open sourced the first Bitcoin to Ethereum "atomic swap" trade protocol
Altcoin.io is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and peer-to-peer trading solution built upon the Ethereum blockchain.
Bizness Apps (Acquired)
CEO and Founder
Jul 2010 – Aug 2018
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Acquired in 2018 by private equity firm ESW Capital
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Founded in 2010 and lead to a successful acquisition
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Bootstrapped revenue from zero to $10m+/ARR
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Lead a high-performance team of 100+
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Developed innovative channel partner GTM strategy
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Featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, NYT, Inc, WSJ and more
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Scaled technology to serve 20m+ MAUs
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Operated globally in 40+ countries
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Created more mobile apps than any company in the world
Bizness Apps is a do-it-yourself mobile app builder allowing any small business to create, edit, and manage mobile apps online without any programming knowledge needed.
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2014 - Inc. 500 #58 Fastest Growing Company
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2014 - Inc. 500 #2 Fastest Growing Company in San Francisco
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2015 - Inc. 500 #91 Fastest Growing Company
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2015 - Nicereply: #1 Customer Success in North America
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2015 - Entreprenuer.com: Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America
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2015 and 2016 - G2 Crowd: Top 50 SMB Products
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2015 and 2016 - TINYPulse: Top 10% for Employee Happiness
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2017 - Inc. Magazine's 30 under 30 Entrepreneur
Pocket Points
Advisor / Investor
Jun 2018 – Present
Pocket Points is a mobile app that rewards students for not using their phones during class.
Waydev
Advisor
Jun 2018 – Present
Waydev analyzes your codebase from Github, Gitlab, Azure DevOps & Bitbucket to help you bring out the best in your engineers work.
Forbes Technology Counsel
Advisor
Jun 2018 – Present
Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only community comprised of leading CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.