What changes after a $50,000,000 cash exit?

Jason Nazar, Comparably, B2B, Content, Marketplace, Sell Your Business

Back in 2013 I got an email from Jason Nazar announcing that his company DocStoc was being acquired by Intuit.

But what was interesting to me was how he started the company back in 2006 as a site that helped you embed your documents on other sites, like MySpace.

But the world changed and DocStoc continued to change with it. It turned into a content resource that helped entrepreneurs grow their small businesses.

I was always curious about how he did it. I also want to find out why he started a new business that competes some large companies out there.

Jason Nazar is the founder Comparably, a tool to monitor the job market for employees.

Jason Nazar

Comparably

Jason Nazar is the founder Comparably, a tool to monitor the job market for employees.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses.

Back in–actually, let me find that actual email here–2013, December 4th, 2013, I got an email from Jason Nazar announcing that his company, Docstoc was acquired by Intuit, which was exciting. And then he linked to a few articles about it, which of course I read and I used for preparation for this interview.

But what was interesting to me is how the guy started the company back in 2006 as a site that was going to help you embed your documents on other sites like Myspace. The world kept changing. Myspace obviously lost its dominance. And Docstoc changed with it. Then the world changed again and then Docstoc changed with it. It went from being a site where you could embed your documents on Myspace and your blog to being a resource that helped entrepreneurs grow their small businesses, a large content...

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