The aSaaSins Podcast

Bootstrapping to a $93M exit with the diagonal aSaaSin, Jesse Lipson, CEO and Co founder of Levitate

February 24, 2023 Justin Vandehey Season 1 Episode 52
The aSaaSins Podcast
Bootstrapping to a $93M exit with the diagonal aSaaSin, Jesse Lipson, CEO and Co founder of Levitate
Show Notes

Jesse Lipson, CEO and Co founder of Levitate and ShareFile, joins the show to talk about

  • Bootstrapping his SaaS company, ShareFile, to a $93M acquisition by Citrix.
  • What the acquisition process looked like during the sale of ShareFile to Citrix.
  • The keys to building successful companies with and without venture capital.
  • Becoming the diagonal aSaaSin and dominating in categories that cut across verticals.
  • Building really big businesses in the Raleigh tech scene.