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#197 – Inside Zapier's First Acquisition with Ben Tossell of Makerpad

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Synopsis

Ben Tossell grew Makerpad, a no-code education community, to over 10,000 users and roughly $400k ARR in two years, then sold it to Zapier in what became their first acquisition. The episode covers founder psychology of selling and how no-code education was structured.

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    Ben Tossell grew Makerpad, a no-code education community, to over 10,000 users and roughly $400k ARR before selling it to Zapier.