BetterEdit.com
An online essay and thesis editing service connecting university students, mostly non-native English speakers, with freelance editors; run as the founder's main business from 2001 until he sold it in 2007 to move into blogging.
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Exit Analysis
This database tracks 67 Marketplace exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $31,750. 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 6.0 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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