Why did David Hauser sell Grasshopper for $170M?

David Hauser, Grasshopper, B2B, Marketing, Physical Product, SaaS (software as a service), Sell Your Business

How did David Hauser manage to sell Grasshopper for such an enormous sum without any hoopla and turn his focus to nut butter?

David Hauser is the Founder of Grasshopper, which is a virtual phone company and author of Unstoppable.

David sold Grasshopper back in 2015 for $170 and decided to completely switch direction from running an SaaS company to creating nut butter with his company SuperFat.

David Hauser

Grasshopper

David Hauser is the Founder of Grasshopper, which is a virtual phone company and author of Unstoppable.

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. Joining me is one of my favorite entrepreneurs. This is a guy who I reluctantly interviewed, I’ll be honest with you. Years ago, there’s some publisher who said, “Andrew, you should get to know this company.” And I go, “Really?” But I don’t want to talk to David Hauser. He’s like the tech guy. Give me Siamak. He’s the CEO. The CEO is going to understand stuff. Fine, let’s do it. And then I started doing research. I realized, wait a minute, Grasshopper, one phone number for company. And when somebody dials it, it goes to the right cell phone of the person who should be taking the call.

And, yes, people can like punch in one for sales, one for customer service, and so on. And it was doing an incredible revenue and get this, profit at a time when most...

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