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| Cash Flow Fundamentals + Partner Fraud? with Patrick McMillan | 08 May 2025 | 00:28:51 | |
Patrick McMillan from Amplēo does a deep dive into financial due diligence, cash flow, and business operations! This guy knows his stuff and seen firsthand how bad things can get without proper due diligence and financial understanding. Podcast Nuggies:
SMBs are the biggest target for cyberattacks. Protect your business with Inzo Technologies. Check out....www.inzotechnologies.com, I-N-Z-O, or email Nick directly at nick@inzotechnologies.com. Get expert M&A guidance, valuations, and fractional executive support from Amplēo.Learn more at www.ampleo.com/lets-buy-a-business-podcast/. YouTube - Need more hands-on videos? - | |||
| How to Design Your Business Around Your Life with Jodie Cook | 02 May 2025 | 00:33:32 | |
Over the last seven years, Jodie has lived in different countries while managing her business, exiting, writing books, and training/competing as a powerlifter. She's just 32 years old (ish) and has put herself in a position to never work again—just for money. She wrote Ten Year Career: Reimagine Business, Design Your Life, Fast Track Your Freedom. We dive into…
SMBs are the biggest target for cyber attacks. Protect your business with Inzo Technologies. Check out....www.inzotechnologies.com, I-N-Z-O, or email Nick directly at nick@inzotechnologies.com.
Get expert M&A guidance, valuations, and fractional executive support from Amplēo. Learn more at www.ampleo.com/lets-buy-a-business-podcast/.
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| Phantom Equity with Raleigh Williams | 13 Feb 2025 | 00:27:08 | |
Raleigh Williams is one of my favorite people. Not a stranger to the show, 2nd time at least but he always packed in so much value. He’s bought, scaled, sold so many businesses. AND my favorite part of Raleigh is him betting on himself years ago after dropping down a pretty penny on a law degree. Raleigh walked away from a huge attorney career and salary to live life on his own terms. We dive into Phantom Equity though. Podcast Nuggies
Phantom Equity! That’s it. Could be a game changer for many. Consult your attorney.
Free SBM Financial Courses https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Ready to level up but not 1 on 1 consulting? How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Need Bookkeeping or Tax Help? Contact Darin at https://ashfordsky.com/. He's awesome. | |||
| How Entrepreneurs Get Health Insurance in 2022 with Jason Ferguson | 25 Oct 2022 | 00:25:08 | |
Jason Ferguson is an incredible health insurance broker and has spent 20+ years working with entrepreneurs. This episode is for: He is free to use for Utah, Missouri, Texas, and Arizona.
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| Business Listing: SBA Pre-Qual, 19-Year-Old eCom Computer Business | 1.5% Paid Advertising on $4.7M Rev + $578K SDE | 21 Oct 2022 | 00:06:11 | |
This is one of my own listings. I usually separate the podcast from brokers, but I think this business could be interesting for many listeners. REVENUE INCOME Asking Price: $2,020,000 + Inventory Starting in 2004, this e-commerce business has long been the go-to source for day traders, stock traders, and financial markets buying their multi-monitor computer systems. This business is loved in the industry because of its nearly two decades of exceptional customer service and high-quality computer systems. The trailing 12 months of revenue is $4.7M and SDE is $578K.
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| They Got Acquired with Lexi Grant | 14 Oct 2022 | 00:22:12 | |
Lexi Grant is a builder of companies, people, content, and of profit. Her sweet spot is the intersection of content and business. In early 2021, Lexi sold The Write Life, a brand for writers she’d grown as a side business for eight years. Previously, from 2015-2019, she served as EVP of Content at The Penny Hoarder, a personal finance media company. She joined as the third employee after my content agency was acquired. Her latest project is They Got Acquired, a content company. Their mission is to redefine startup success by sharing stories of acquisitions between $100k-$50M. It’s an amazing site, podcast, and newsletter. Highly recommend signing up now. We dive into… - Her 2 Exits
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| How to Design Your Business Around Your Life with Jodie Cook | 12 Oct 2022 | 00:32:25 | |
Jodie has been living in different countries over the last six years while managing her business, exiting, writing books, and training/competing as a powerlifter. She's just 32 years old (ish) and has put herself in a position to never work again...just for money. She wrote Ten Year Career: reimagine business, design your life, fast track your freedom WHICH COMES OUT NEXT MONTH. We dive into…
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| 6 Critical Takeaways with 4 Successful Entrepreneurs | 30 Sep 2022 | 00:13:12 | |
I went to breakfast and lunch the same day with 4 entrepreneurs. 2 for breakfast. 2 for lunch. Success was different for each one but I deem them all successful in the home, with their families, and of course with their businesses.
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| W2 to Owner - Get Your Finances in Order with Dave Lowell | 20 Sep 2022 | 00:34:00 | |
Dave Lowell is fantastic. He’s not your parents’ financial planner where there is no fun till you hit 65. Dave is a financial planner that wants you to have fun too. We dive into...
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| Most Common Problem After Talking to 12 Searchers - Narrowing Down Your Search Criteria | 16 Sep 2022 | 00:17:24 | |
After speaking with 12 listeners last week, the most common problem I'm seeing is a lack of focus and no specific criteria. This is a rerun with some updates from my #2 episode. Most of my criteria are the same except for size and business history.
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| Digital Service Business to College Students - Deep Dive with Lewis Faucett | 08 Sep 2022 | 00:20:44 | |
Lewis and I dive into an interesting service company we found with some awesome attributes. We focus on areas of due diligence too. Here is the listing:
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| Evaluating the Books During Due Diligence with Matt Remuzzi of CapForge | 30 Aug 2022 | 00:27:52 | |
Matt Remuzzi started CapForge, wonderful bookkeeping, and CPA firm. He has helped 100’s, maybe 1000’s buyers and sellers with their books. I started to use them when I bought a business that had their books done by them. It was that convincing. Matt and the CapForge team can help you in due diligence and his unique perspective as a business owner is not just about numbers.
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| $68M in Revenue Since 1994 - Legacy Product / Brand for Sale | 25 Aug 2022 | 00:10:11 | |
Listing deep dive. Weird pricing but that is what opens it up to creative deals. This is a deal to get creative on. Wanna take over a great brand with 37 years of history? This is it.
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| Time vs Money | 06 Feb 2025 | 00:06:21 | |
Would you switch Warren Buffett age and net worth? 94 years old and $143B Net Worth. No. You wouldn't. So I don't wish for it to be lunchtime either.
Free SBM Financial Courses https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
(ROBS) Business FinancingTenet Financial Group - www.tenetfinancialgroup.com - diane@tenetfinancialgroup.com
Ready to level up but not 1 on 1 consulting? **How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship**https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Need Bookkeeping or Tax Help? Contact Darin at https://ashfordsky.com/. He's awesome. | |||
| How to Transition from Employee to Entrepreneur? | 23 Aug 2022 | 00:13:47 | |
Listener mailbag. I dive into mental and financial areas of making the switch from employee to entrepreneur. OTHER EPISODES TO CHECK OUT:
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| Multiple Online Business Deal Dives With Yury Byalik from Onfolio Holdings | 18 Aug 2022 | 00:24:34 | |
Yury is the Head of Strategy & Acquisitions at Onfolio Holdings (NASDAQ: ONFO). He’s been in the acquisition game for a long time.
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| How to Buy a Mountain Resort in a 300-Person Town with Rob Thompson | 09 Aug 2022 | 00:21:10 | |
Rob Thompson left a lucrative tech career to buy a small mountain resort in the middle of nowhere. The nearest town has 300 people and his resort has 10 hotel rooms, 12 cabins, and 12 train cars you can stay in. We dive into… - All types of entrepreneurship that opened doors Don’t miss this episode. :)
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| Avoiding Due Diligence Pitfalls with Ahmed Raza | 04 Aug 2022 | 00:22:41 | |
Ahmed Raza has bought several businesses and now runs RapidDiligence.com which helps others evaluate businesses. From 1 off deals to streamlining his process, he helps others avoid pitfalls in the search world. We dive into…
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| $1M For a Business Selling Phones to the Elderly with Lewis Fausett | 02 Aug 2022 | 00:15:24 | |
We dive into a business for sale selling phones to older people. :)
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| How Kat Weaver Won 6-Figures to Start Her Business | 21 Jul 2022 | 00:22:37 | |
Kat Weaver is an incredible entrepreneur with a successful exit for her first business in 2022. She won over 6 figures of grants and free money to start her first business. Kat now helps entrepreneurs raise money for their own businesses. We dive into…
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| Everything About Using Your 401K to Buy a Business - Frank Selden Interview | 19 Jul 2022 | 00:28:39 | |
We dive into how to use your existing 401k to invest or buy a business or real estate. Fascinating topic that is incredibly complex. Frank shoots you straight here. This is known as ROBS or Rollover as Business Start-ups.
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| Two Deal Listing Deep Dives - Texas Edition | 14 Jul 2022 | 00:13:32 | |
Here are two businesses for sale right now that caught my eye from Texas Business Buyers. I dive into the high-level overview of their listings and what areas I would focus on for due diligence.
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| Building a World-Class Customer Experience with Your Acquisition with Scott Porter | 08 Jul 2022 | 00:26:39 | |
Scott Porter is world-class in everything he does. His customer experience touch points are gold and we dive into… -- How to stand out as a boring business (he used to run 3 nursing homes, yeah, that's boring!)
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| Mistakes I'm seeing Often from Buyers Right Now | 23 Jun 2022 | 00:08:15 | |
2 Glaring Mistakes:
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| Marketing Conditions for 2025 and Beyond with Andrew Gazdecki (Acquire.com) | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:18:47 | |
Andrew Gazdecki is the founder and CEO of Acquire.com (used to be MicroAcquire.com) and is one of my favorite people in the M&A space. He's an incredibly successful entrepreneur and now helps facilitate buyers and sellers for smoother transactions.
Podcast Nuggies
Free SBM Financial Courses https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Ready to level up but not 1 on 1 consulting? How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Need Bookkeeping or Tax Help? Contact Darin at https://ashfordsky.com/. He's awesome. | |||
| How to View Mainstreet Businesses in a Recession with Clint Fiore | 17 Jun 2022 | 00:26:08 | |
Clint has 7+ years as a broker. 40+ deals. That’s a lot. Bought businesses, grew them, hired operators, a pilot, an awesome dad, etc. He's one of the clearest thinkers I've met in this space and that's because this isn't his first rodeo. You're gonna love these gems by Clint.
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| My Brief Background + 3 Unique Deal Structures | 14 Jun 2022 | 00:16:35 | |
I dive into my background of starting 10 businesses, buying/selling 12 deals, and 3 unique deal structures.
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| What You Will feel as a Searcher with Jordan Carter | 07 Jun 2022 | 00:34:02 | |
This is one of my favorite episodes. Jordan Carter dives into many of the fears and doubts that you have while searching. We dive into... -- Telling Family and Friends
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| Alternative Lending Options for $5-$20M businesses with Stephen Speer | 26 May 2022 | 00:16:42 | |
Stephen is an OG in the lending space, especially for online businesses. He knows how these businesses operate which is rarer from lenders. We dive into... -- Capital Access Fund
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| How to Buy a Business that Needs You with Jason Condie | 24 May 2022 | 00:20:49 | |
Jason Condie went from a 7th grade Spanish teacher to owning multiple businesses in less than 3 years. He just acquired a website and digital course business that needed his skillset. We dive into...
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| Robert Graham and Juan Ruiz - Examples of Multimillion Dollar Deals | 17 May 2022 | 00:28:47 | |
Robert Graham and Juan Ruiz dive into specific deal examples for searchers. Robert helped 6 searchers close deals last year and Juan runs COMMUNETA at Harvard. We dive into…
It's a fun convo.
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| 5 Ways to Free Up Cash Flow in Inventory Business - Matt Putra | 12 May 2022 | 00:17:18 | |
Matt Putra is an eCommerce expert and fractional CFO for eCommerce brands. He’s built, bought and consults for many eCom brands. We dive into…
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| Mike Finger - 4 Successful Exits, Unique Acquisitions | 05 May 2022 | 00:32:25 | |
Mike is the CEO of ExitOasis.com and has bought, built and sold 4 businesses. He’s also been a broker and coaches people on how to sell their business now. Mike found his first acquisition by driving around town and talking to owners. His Framework of Successfully Selling your Business: Desirable Results The Owners wait too long to think about getting it ready to sell, then they fail.
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| What Makes a Good Seller | 28 Apr 2022 | 00:08:09 | |
I dive into a short episode on an example of a good seller, the business traits and their own traits that generated a ton of interest in the market. -- No Short Cuts in Bookkeeping or Products Recipe for success. :)
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| Online Tricks to Old School Business: Interview with Matt Blackwelder | 19 Apr 2022 | 00:40:48 | |
Matt was the main guy going in to acquire businesses to run them. His Private Equity company bought 18 businesses in 18 months with Jared Zemp. We also breakdown how to use new tactics from online to offline businesses.
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| How to Win Competitive Deals - 3 Stories | 28 Jan 2025 | 00:09:24 | |
How do you win competitive deals? Be Human, Get Creative (not weird seller financing people), and stand out.
Free SBM Financial Courses https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Want to invest in amazing entrepreneurs with vetted deals? Send a note to monica@letsbuyabusiness.com Ready to level up but not 1 on 1 consulting? How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship https://letsbuyabusiness.com/courses/
Need Bookkeeping or Tax Help? Contact Darin at https://ashfordsky.com/. He's awesome. | |||
| Jared Zemp Interview - Buying 18 Businesses in 18 Months (Part 1) | 14 Apr 2022 | 00:25:43 | |
Jared bought 18 businesses in a very short time period. He talks about his highs and lows while creating a fund to buy and operate small businesses. Jared has some crazy acquisition stories such as 30% of his revenue from a furniture store he bought was actually a prostitution ring. He drops some knowledge bombs here if you want to buy businesses.
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| Buying a Commercial Janitorial + Hiring a GM from Day 1 with Jordan Inman and James Maxwell | 04 Apr 2022 | 00:28:35 | |
Great episode with Jordan Inman and James Maxwell. They bought a great local business through a self-funded search process. We dive into.. -- When partners make sense
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| Lessons learned on 100's of Acquisitions with Jeremy Harbour - Go Do Deals | 31 Mar 2022 | 00:34:54 | |
Jeremy is the founder and CEO of Unity Group, a leading merger, acquisitions, and IPOs firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurs grow their small to medium enterprises (SMEs). The firm actively invests in SMEs in the $1-$15m turnover range and has offered advice on over 300 mergers and acquisitions worth billions of dollars. We dive into... "You make money selling businesses, not operating businesses"
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| Funding an Acquisition between $200-$400k | 24 Mar 2022 | 00:08:57 | |
One of the most common questions I get is how to fund a business between the ranges of $200k and $400k. There aren't great options here because most banks won't loan on this amount, an unproven business sometimes, may not be big enough to support you, etc. Here are a few options though. 1. Save up. This can take awhile.
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| Businesses for Sale - Local Home Health Care and Online Pet | 22 Mar 2022 | 00:08:27 | |
I do a short dive into 2 businesses I like on the market right now, home health care and a pet eCommerce business. Both look like solid buys with over $500k in SDE.
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| How to Buy a SBA Business with an Investor - Thread by Clint Fiore | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:11:36 | |
How to buy a business with little to no personal money down. Keep in mind, this is a path to do it but has some nuances that can be tough to do. Most deals will require money from you, as the buyer. You will also need to sign a fat Personal Guarantee and put in the sweat equity. This isn't a free ride. :)
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| eCommerce Business for Sale - Low Multiple | 11 Mar 2022 | 00:07:31 | |
We dive into a business for sale. Key Points - $30k Purchase Price - 1.1x Multiple **I am the advisor/broker on this listing. I normally keep all things brokering separate from the podcast but thought this could be interesting to the listeners. Many of you could fit this. Click here for more info or Email Ryan@quietlight.com
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| 4 Years to $5M Exit in the Solar Industry with Ryan Wallace | 03 Mar 2022 | 00:15:48 | |
Ryan Wallace went from successful Stock Broker to starting NM Solar Group. Ups and Downs and then a $5M exit. Amazing nuggets in this story.
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| Business Search Pitfalls from over 200 Searchers with Chelsea Wood | 01 Mar 2022 | 00:25:49 | |
Chelsea Wood runs the Acquisition Lab (www.Acquisitionlab.com) with Walker Deibel (Buy Then Build) and has worked with over 200 searchers and 40 acquisitions. Before helping entrepreneurs in the SMB space, she led acquisitions for a large healthcare company which went from $3B to $6B in revenue through acquisitions. - No silver bullet ***WHY DOES THIS BUSINESS NEED MY SKILLSET?
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| Change the Terms, Not the Price | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:08:16 | |
You name the price, I'll name the terms. Sometimes you can't change the price, change the terms instead.
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| SBA Lending Pitfalls with Jared Johnson | 15 Jan 2025 | 00:28:37 | |
Jared Johnson is an SBA lender but also a business acquirer! He's bought 2 businesses and sold 1. This is a fantastic episode from someone who has been in the trenches for a long time. Podcast Nuggies:
Host of the Before You Buy or Sell a Business Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/before-you-buy-or-sell-a-business/id1655273823
Want to invest in amazing entrepreneurs with vetted deals? Send a note to Monica@letsbuyabusiness.com
Ready to level up but not 1 on 1 consulting?
How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship https://letsbuyabusiness.com/course
Free SMB Financial Basics Course https://letsbuyabusiness.com/course
Jared Johnson Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredwjohnson/ Website: https://jaredwjohnson.com/ | |||
| The Business Search and Deal Structure with Robert Graham | 22 Feb 2022 | 00:31:53 | |
Robert has a great background from investment banking to private equity where he bought/sold a lot of business. He started his own search and bought 3 complementary companies. Data shows that deals with partners can have significant increases.
- How to be successful in the search
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| Buying Foundries Across America - Reg Zeller | 17 Feb 2022 | 00:44:50 | |
Reg Zeller took his background from his corporate career to acquire foundries. Yes, foundries, workshops or factories for casting metal. They are on a buying spree and are operating profitably. Incredible business nuggets and life lessons being dropped here. This is a must listen to episode for anyone in any industry.
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| Signing a Personal Guarantee | 15 Feb 2022 | 00:08:29 | |
People are scared of Personal Guarantees (PG). They should be. Let me explain why you are required to sign one. Personal Guarantees are not for everyone. Neither is buying a business, BUT you're trying to jump forward 5-10 years ahead when you buy a company.
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