Andrew Gazdecki (CEO @ MicroAcquire) on replacing traditional gatekeepers

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This week we had on Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) at MicroAcquire.

MicroAcquire has become the marketplace for startup M&A, and since launching a year ago, it has already helped facilitate 500+ exits. Andrew has built up a brand as one of the most-liked people within tech, and we had a ton of fun picking his brain on a number of different topics.

In this talk, we discuss:

• How the M&A process puts startups at a disadvantage

• Media portraying the wrong image of entrepreneurship

• Replacing traditional gatekeepers

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