Firefox add-on built solo by researcher Christopher Soghoian that set opt-out cookies for dozens of ad networks so users could dodge behaviourally targeted advertising. Privacy startup Abine acquired it in June 2010.
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 2.0 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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