What should you know before buying or selling a software business?

Thomas Smale, FE International, European Founder, International Founders, Sell Your Business

A few of the founders I have interviewed have either bought or sold businesses through today’s guest.

Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker. They started with small deals but are now brokering $50M deals.

I want to ask him about growing this type of company as well as his process for evaluating a company’s worth.

Thomas Smale

FE International

Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker.

Andrew: Hey there, Freedom Fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses, and a few of the entrepreneurs who I interviewed either sold their businesses through the guest who you’re about to meet, through his company, or at one time or another contacted him and said, “Hey, Thomas. I think I’ve got the sale. I think we’re going to sell for this price. I think this is the company. Give me some feedback. What do you think? I’m going to sell it on my own. Give me input,” and he helped them do it. The guest is Thomas Smale. He is the cofounder . . . actually, the founder. Can I say founder?

Thomas: Founder. You can say founder.

Andrew: Founder of FE International. I thought of FE International when I first heard about them a little over half a decade ago as a business broker, you know, the company that you go to when you want to buy or sell a...

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