Guide site for Marine Corps families covering housing, schools, youth programs and relocation for every major USMC base. Bright Mountain Media acquired it from founder Kristine Ann Schellhaas on 2 January 2015 for $50,000 cash plus 250,000 shares valued at $187,500.
The $237,500 sale price puts it in the top quarter of the 547 deals with a disclosed price here, where the median is $21,000. Most indie acquisitions cluster well under the headline numbers founders read about, which is exactly why a real distribution is more useful than an average.
This database tracks 198 Content/Media exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $30,000. 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.
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