A weekend side project that grew into an asteroid database and mining-value calculator with 3D orbit visualisations; acquired 13 months after launch by Planetary Resources.
This database tracks 70 Other exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $1,900. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
From founding to sale took 1.1 years. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
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