One path to look at for your goal is to build for a strategic acquisition. Find a dominant application platform like that isn’t already saturated. Like CAD, or

One path to look at for your goal is to build for a strategic acquisition. Find a dominant application platform like that isn’t already saturated. Like CAD, or another high value software vertical (but not iOS or Salesforce). Build something their customers want but that the platform has never delivered (customer research required, but you’ve narrowed the list so that be more approachable). Go to the platform’s user conference (they’ll have one) and sell some. Most importantly, try to connect with the highest racking folks you can in the product team and make sure they know what you’ve built. If your user base grows a couple years in a row, they’ll write the check.