# Andrew Gazdecki

> Andrew Gazdecki is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire), a marketplace that makes buying and selling startups as accessible as selling a car online. He sold his first company at 20 for $100K, built Bizness Apps into a 100-person SaaS company before selling it for $20M+, survived an Apple App Store near-extinction event via a cold email to Tim Cook, and then turned his own acquisition experience into a platform that has now helped 2,000+ founders exit, closing over $500M in deals across 100+ countries.

- **Role:** CEO at Acquire.com
- **Organizations:** Acquire.com, Bizness Apps, Altcoin.io, Forbes Technology Council
- **From:** Poland
- **Nationality:** American (Polish-born)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Business Marketing, California State University, Chico
- **Known for:** Three successful startup exits before age 40, Sold Phonefreelancer for ~$100K at age 20, Built Bizness Apps to 100+ employees and $10M ARR, sold for $20M+

## Career timeline

- **1985** — Born in Poland; immigrated to the US at age 3, settled in Chicago then Detroit, eventually raised in San Clemente, California
- **1995** — Age 10: Selling baseball cards to neighborhood friends — first taste of entrepreneurship
- **2000** — Age 15-16: Created first for-profit website; started a website design company
- **2002** — Age 17: Ran an eBay store, flipping items for profit
- **2006** — Started petition for skateboarding rights at Shorecliffs Middle School in San Clemente; interviewed on ABC News
- **2008** — Founded Phonefreelancer, a job board website for the mobile industry
- **2009** — Sold Phonefreelancer for ~$100,000 at age 20 — first startup exit
- **2010** — Founded Bizness Apps from his dorm room at CSU Chico — a DIY SaaS mobile app builder for small businesses
- **2011** — Graduated from CSU Chico with a Business Marketing degree
- **2015** — Bizness Apps ranked #91 on Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest-Growing Companies list
- **2016** — Apple banned template-based apps from the App Store, threatening to destroy Bizness Apps overnight
- **2016** — Cold-emailed Apple CEO Tim Cook; Cook intervened, apps were restored, and Apple amended its guidelines
- **2017** — Named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs
- **2017** — Co-founded Altcoin.io, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange on Ethereum
- **2017** — Altcoin.io completed the world's first Atomic Swap between Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains
- **2018** — Sold Bizness Apps to Think3 (Austin-based private equity) for $20M+ before turning 30
- **2018** — Altcoin.io acquired by ESW Capital
- **2020** — Founded MicroAcquire in January 2020, investing $200K of personal capital; launched on Product Hunt
- **2021** — Raised $6.4M from Bessemer Venture Partners; platform surpasses 50,000 registered buyers
- **2022** — Acquired the domain Acquire.com for $240,020.16 via GoDaddy's Domain Broker Service
- **2023** — Officially rebranded from MicroAcquire to Acquire.com on January 5, 2023
- **2024** — Platform surpasses $500M in closed deals, 2,000+ founder exits, 500,000+ registered buyers
- **2025** — Acquire.com ranked #563 on Inc. 5000; expanded platform to support all profitable online businesses beyond SaaS
- **2025** — March 2025 was the best revenue month in Acquire.com company history

## Achievements

- Three successful startup exits before age 40
- Sold Phonefreelancer for ~$100K at age 20
- Built Bizness Apps to 100+ employees and $10M ARR, sold for $20M+
- Bizness Apps ranked #91 on Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies (2015)
- Named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs (2017)
- Cold-emailed Tim Cook and successfully reversed an Apple App Store policy threatening his business
- Altcoin.io completed the world's first Atomic Swap between Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains
- Founded Acquire.com (MicroAcquire) — grew to 500,000+ buyers, $500M+ in closed deals, 2,000+ founder exits
- Acquired Acquire.com domain for $240,020.16, completing a landmark rebrand
- Acquire.com ranked #563 on Inc. 5000 (2025)
- Forbes Technology Council member
- Published book: 'Getting Acquired: How I Built and Sold My SaaS Startup'
- Featured in NYT, Forbes, WSJ, Inc., TechCrunch, and more

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Acquire.com expanded beyond SaaS to support all profitable online businesses
- **2025-03** — March 2025 was the best revenue month in Acquire.com company history
- **2025-01** — Acquire.com ranked #563 on Inc. 5000 list
- **2026-01** — Published 2026 Acquisition Multiples Report with real deal data from 2023-2025

## Links

- Website: https://www.andrewgazdecki.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/agazdecki/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agazdecki
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theandrewgazdecki/

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Last updated: 2026-04-26