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Every page and article on Christine McDannell in one place, organized by topic.
Pages
- About : From coding GeoCities sites as a kid to selling companies, writing Get Acquired, and hosting the AI Implementation Club. The story of Chrissy McDannell.
- Contact : Get in touch with Chrissy McDannell. Talk M&A exits, AI implementation, or the AI Implementation Club in Austin and online.
- Now: What I'm Working On : What Christine McDannell is focused on right now: building the AI Implementation Club in Austin, helping founders get exit-ready, and writing about both.
- Friends : The people Christine McDannell reads and follows online: AI builders, the life and business voices she returns to, and the Austin sites she keeps up with.
Best Posts
Start here. The pieces that best explain how I think about selling companies, what buyers actually want, and building AI into the way a business runs.
- This CRO Agency Has What Most Digital Agencies Lack : A $1.9M CRO agency with 90% retainer revenue, $548K cash flow, and low churn is now listed. Offers are due October 14.
- The First Offer Is Almost Always the Most Tempting One : The first offer feels like THE offer because you're tired. But the market has barely seen you. A few more weeks can mean better price, terms, and buyer.
- I Became a Top Austin Connector in Eight Months : I moved to Austin eight months ago and landed on the city's top connectors list. The formula: say yes to every room, then build one yourself.
- Why I Started the AI Implementation Club : The honest story behind the AI Implementation Club: no slides, no theory, just building. We meet every Sunday in Austin, plus a new weekly virtual session.
- The Building Was Never the Hard Part : Someone ships an app over the weekend and texts me Monday morning glowing. I love that spark. Here is the part that comes after, and the order it belongs in.
- Why Three Buyers Will Offer You Three Different Prices for the Same Business : Three buyers can look at the same business and hand you three different offers. The difference is what each one actually wants, and most founders never ask.
- I Had 66 AI Tools Bookmarked and Built Nothing : 66 AI tools bookmarked, 100 screenshots saved, and nothing built. I was learning everything and shipping nothing. Here is the rule that finally broke the loop.
Entrepreneurship
- Why Post-Exit Founders Need a Room of Their Own : I block one breakfast a month for PEF Community, where every founder at the table has already exited. Once you've sold, you lose the room you used to have.
More Articles
- Why I'm Boycotting Women-Only Events : I am a woman, and I am boycotting women-only events. Every time I raise it with a man one-on-one he goes quiet, and that silence is what I want to talk about.
- Why I'm Wearing a Mask Again (It's Not COVID) : I had basal cell carcinoma removed from my face this week. Stitches from nose to lip, no hiding them. A reminder to wear sunblock every day, even cloudy ones.
- Why Owner Dependence Cuts Your Exit Value in Half : A tired founder asked me whether to sell now or wait. I asked what breaks if he vanishes for 30 days. His answer is the thing buyers are really pricing.
- My First AI Masterclass : I spent a weekend in a conference room running my first AI masterclass. Two builders showed a room of 27 how they really use AI. Here is what stayed with me.
- Why Austin Made Me Rethink What Networking Can Be : Over 100 strangers debating philosophy on an Austin patio, and nobody asked what I do for a living. Four months after Dubai, it changed how I see networking.