Startup Acquisitions Stories Podcast With Victor Metelskiy, Founder of Sitekick.ai

Startup Acquisitions Stories Podcast With Victor Metelskiy, Founder of Sitekick.ai

Author: Acquire.com July 24, 2024 Duration: 34:25

Would you sell your business right as it was going viral on social media?

Victor created his AI landing page builder, Sitekick.ai as a way to salvage a previous project – a slide deck builder called Slidekick.

He thought this too would be a flop, but he added AI capability right as ChatGPT kicked off and went viral on YouTube when a vlogger found his website.

In one day he jumped from one email a day to hundreds of emails and 25 sales per day.

But even with virality, making websites wasn’t Victor’s passion. He listed on Acquire.com hoping to get a sale while his app was trending. With the help of the Acquire team (shout out to Matt), he closed in a few short months.

After closing, Viktor took a long vacation, went to the gym, took his wife out to dinner, and now he’s gearing up to make his future passion project.

Tune in to this weeks Startup Acquisition Stories Podcast with Andrew and Victor in to hear:

  • Victor’s experience with a nightmare buyer
  • Why Victor suggests you put as much information as possible on your acquire profile
  • How Acquire’s M&A advisors helped him safely make an acquisition


Victor is just getting started and you can follow his journey using the links below:


Behind every successful startup acquisition, there's a story-a complex mix of strategy, emotion, and paperwork that rarely gets discussed openly. Startup Acquisition Stories, from the team at Acquire.com, pulls back the curtain on those real-world transactions. Each episode features founders and entrepreneurs who have personally navigated the process of selling or buying a business through their platform. You'll hear them recount the nuanced decisions that don't make it into press releases: the challenging conversations around valuation, the subtle art of vetting the opposite party, and the critical, often overlooked, steps after the handshake. This podcast digs into the practicalities of due diligence, structuring terms, and managing the transfer of assets, all the way through to escrow and the crucial post-deal transition. It’s a grounded, detail-oriented look at the mechanics of a business exit or expansion, straight from the people who’ve lived it. For anyone curious about the actual path to a deal, beyond the theory, this series offers a rare archive of lived experience and hard-won advice.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Startup Acquisition Stories
Podcast Episodes
Why Clear Execution Made This Acquisition a Sure Thing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:36
Zach Simmons did not approach acquisition as a shortcut. He approached it as a shift in risk.After building companies from scratch, he understood how uncertain the early stages can be. Validation takes time, traction tak…
How Building in Public Turned Trust Into a Clean Exit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:58
Maxime Berger built BlogBuster in public long before he tried to sell it.With no audience at first, he showed up daily and shared the work as it happened. That consistency created trust before the product ever launched a…
From Zero to a Business Ready to Sell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:10
Arman Iranpour and Matt Aleali built Appraiva with a clear goal: make the business work before trying to scale it.Instead of chasing growth early, they focused on solving one problem well and building a product buyers co…
Why Waiting Made This Startup Actually Worth Selling [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:04
Samuel Abebe almost sold SpeakerSplit too early, but waiting turned it into a business that buyers actually wanted.Instead of cashing out fast, Samuel focused on building predictable revenue, operational clarity, and a s…
Why Buyers Wanted THIS Design Business [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:20
Eddie Lobanovskiy, David Kovalev, and Phil Goodwin didn’t grow a design agency through hype.They built a subscription design business around systems, clarity, and predictable delivery, and that’s what attracted buyers.Af…
The Playbook Behind 18 Startup Acquisitions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:30
Stewart Faught has built and sold 18 software companies without venture funding or hype.His path demonstrates how simple tools, focused verticals, and repeatable systems can create tangible outcomes.By focusing on local…
How This Bootstrapped App Got a Fast, Clean Exit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:08
Seun Oshinaike built Street Tag, a fitness app that turned daily walks into friendly competition and community impact, to make movement fun again.Without VC funding or shortcuts, he grew Street Tag across the UK, proving…
The 48-Hour Rescue That Turned Into a Profitable Acquisition [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:54
When a startup shut down overnight, Jesse Tinsley saw an opportunity. In less than 48 hours, he transformed a company that had gone dormant into a profitable and growing business.His founder story demonstrates how swift…
One Simple Habit Made This Startup Easy to Sell [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 21:39
Growing fast isn’t the only way to succeed. For Jordan Richards, staying consistent was what made his exit possible.His founder story shows how discipline and documentation can turn a small agency into a clean, profitabl…
From Two Small Projects to Profitable Exits on Acquire.com [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 16:44
Running small projects may not be glamorous. But for Thomas Ulman, it was the smartest way to scale and sell. His founder story shows how improving what already works can lead to clean, profitable exits.He took over Wait…