Shooting Your Shots: Acquire's 9 Cake Delivery to Twitter
Acquire recently tried to free the unused and suspended @acquire handle for their startup @acquiredotcom. To show their appreciation for Twitter, they sent 9 cakes! Read more to find out how it all happened!
Andrew Gazdecki
Founder and CEO of @acquiredotcom. https://t.co/wRMIssDmhl has helped 100s of startups get acquired and facilitated $500m+ in closed deals.
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Hey @Twitter got 9 cakes for you!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
We’ve enjoyed trying to free the unused and suspended @acquire handle for our startup @acquiredotcom.
Hope you enjoyed the show!
Thanks for giving entrepreneurs a platform to shoot their shots!
Cakes arrive today. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/sEcNOB3kzg -
How it started.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Everyone loves cake! pic.twitter.com/Zga94BIoFj -
How's it going.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Cakes as promised! pic.twitter.com/cgjXE4IBch -
So we hit up a local bakery to help!https://t.co/FdnZeYOFLO
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Figured we'd support a small business!
Here's a video they made of the cake!
Turned out absolutely amazing. pic.twitter.com/nxLAp0CmDu -
Now how did we get here...
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
First was a simple ask.
The handle is unused.
Why not free @acquire?
Just shooting my shot.https://t.co/7Vk2angJVh -
In Russ we trust.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Had him help me ask.
Why not free @acquire?
This one had me laughing.https://t.co/BKFml0tm5j -
I live 10 mins from Twitter.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
So drove up there one day.
Hopped out with a sign.
Free @acquire!
Got some good laughs.https://t.co/WmNoPu67ub -
Then we rented billboards.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Cost was pretty cheap.
Even with a photographer.
This one made us all laugh.https://t.co/pSG9KBTiio -
Then offered $25,000 to free @acquire!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
We'd make good use of the handle!https://t.co/sXbTI3gNLy -
Then offered $420 million!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Netflix documentary coming soon!
But it was April Fools Day!https://t.co/EblrJmfMQ4 -
Then offered a product suggestion!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
Marketplace for unused handles!
Would love to be first customer!https://t.co/AKfNruIE8f -
Kept shooting my shots!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
The "yes" sometimes in the follow up!
Joe Rogan's reactions are the best!https://t.co/1oAn4pDiRZ -
Elon responded at one point!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
This was pretty cool.
Still no luck though. pic.twitter.com/RDX3TLolwG -
So long live @acquiredotcom!
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki) April 13, 2023
The lesson?
Entrepreneurship is all about shooting your shots!
Win or lose, the answer is always no unless you ask so please go for it!
Thanks for everyone's support!
For the love of startups! 🤘 pic.twitter.com/6vdnNYEUWo