Ask HN: Where to sell your profitable company

Since you are the only one maintaining you can simply hire 2-3 people to do the work you are currently working and keep the rest of the profit. Most people here would kill to have a business that is generating 2 million in profit.

How will this business fare with you gone completely?

Is it something anyone can be trained to do?

If so, what barriers to entry are there to keep someone else from duplicating what you've done without buying you out?

If you want to send direct messages, do the pitching and negotiations yourself, try linkedin paid service.

That said, I'd imagine your best route is to find local investor/angel/business-mentor types who can recommend a firm that specializes in getting companies acquired. I'm based in Vancouver, and my business partner has definitely had getting-to-know-you meetings with a law firm - recommended by an investor - that handles that sort of thing.

Are you serious? In Canada? Why in god's name would you sell this? Hire someone to do the dirty work for 50K and live off the rest until you grow old and gray.

Why would you even think otherwise?

Those are only my initial thoughts and there are probably other ways of looking at it.

I'm guessing that one of the the three VC funded competitors could be a likely acquirer. Given that there are three of them, you might even be able to create a bidding war (assuming you have something worth bidding for, e.g tech, market insight/share).

I'd do some research on each of those companies to make sure you have something of value to them and then try to meet with the founders/CEOs informally, if possible.

In my experience, there is no shortage in VC contact for any, even modestly, profitable business online. So, I am sure you've heard from at least a small handfull.