They Got Acquired - How he landed his asking price

April 25, 2023
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This has got to be an exit speed record.

Tom Orbach, the Israeli founder of Viral Post Generator, went from launch to acquisition in one week. 😲

The AI tool allowed users to input basic career information and generate what it thought would be a successful LinkedIn post. Its models were based on real LinkedIn posts that went viral.

Ironically, the same week that Orbach launched the tool, it went viral. Because of traction on Product Hunt and Reddit, it quickly reached 10,000 users/day.

That’s when the founders of Taplio, a Chrome extension that helps people build brands on LinkedIn, contacted Orbach, saying his tool would be a great traffic generator for their product.

Orbach named a high asking price that was turned down flat.

But then he made a move that prompted the interested buyers to accept his offer.

We share that move in today's story:

​How Viral Post Generator went from fun side project to acquisition in one crazy week​

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