What Makes a Startup Worth Buying? With Ramen Club & Stephen Wilks

Lessons from selling Seneca, building a defensible business, and what AI means for the future of exits. It's never been easier to build a startup with AI. But does that make it harder to build one worth buying? Join Ramen Club for a candid fireside chat with Stephen Wilks, who co-founded and exited Seneca Learning and is now co-founder and CEO of Novabook. We'll unpack what actually makes a company attractive to buyers, the mistakes founders make when thinking about exits, and whether traditional startup moats still matter in an AI-first world. What to expect Inside the Seneca exit – How the business was built, what made it attractive to a buyer, and what Stephen learnt from the process. What buyers really value – Beyond revenue and growth, what makes a startup worth acquiring? The exit mistakes founders make – What gets overlooked, what can derail a deal, and what Stephen would do differently. Are startup moats disappearing? – If AI makes products easier to build and copy, where…