
Fifteen million dollars was life-changing money, yet Gazdecki had the sense he might be able to get more. Bizness Apps grew to more than $7 million in revenue in just four years, which is about when he was offered $15 million for 70% of the company. The world was moving from desktop applications to mobile apps, and Gazdecki was the beneficiary. Gazdecki decided to take the $50,000 he had made in the sale of his first business and invest it to create a simple template any business could use to create a mobile app. Few could afford the five-figure investment for a custom app from a development shop, so business owners were trying to hire freelance mobile developers at a torrid pace. Every company wanted to have a mobile application. There were a lot of businesses searching for developers who could build a mobile app. He sold his online marketplace for $50,000 and said it “felt like a trillion dollars” at the time.īefore handing over his marketplace, Gazdecki noticed something interesting in his search logs.

In College, Gazdecki created an online marketplace for freelancers (think a tiny version of Upwork). He and his Mom grew up using food stamps. Andrew Gazdecki was born in Detroit and lost his father as a young boy.
