Perils in Partnership: Plumbing Acquisition Gone Wrong
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Key partnered with a master plumber from his church to acquire a plumbing business doing $1.25m...
Adjusting to Life in a Nocturnal Business (with $525k SDE)
16 Dec 2024
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Tom & Dawson Matter bought a vent cleaning business operating out of a parking lot. The transiti...
How (and Why) to Buy an Electrical Business
12 Dec 2024
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Register for the webinar:Where Searchers Go Wrong, Part 2 - Thu Dec 12 - https://bit.ly/3VtCvC1Fred ...
First Acquisition in March, $200m by Year End
09 Dec 2024
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Buying in a Huge but Overlooked Market
05 Dec 2024
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The Thrill & Validation of Becoming an Owner
02 Dec 2024
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Micro-Acquiring to $300k SDE on 5 Hours Per Week
27 Nov 2024
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Link Moser built a nearly-passive business portfolio by acquiring tiny web design & hosting shop...
High Margin & Big Upside in Lice Treatment
25 Nov 2024
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Derek Croft bought a $1m SDE business with a national footprint in an unusual niche. Just don't call...
How 2 Entrepreneurs are Rolling Up a New Market
18 Nov 2024
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Register for the webinars: • Understanding the Waterfall - Thu Nov 21 - https://bit.ly/3AMj6FkFr...
How to Become an Independent Sponsor
14 Nov 2024
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Register for the webinars: Where Searchers Go Wrong - Thu Nov 14 - https://bit.ly/3O0im2aLegal Offi...
The 2 Professors Who Helped Start the ETA Movement
11 Nov 2024
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Buying a Job to Build a Business
07 Nov 2024
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When he realized he was willing to do the work himself, Matthew Railla bought a $500k SDE termite in...
$6m Business, 3 Minutes From Childhood Home
04 Nov 2024
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Iris Levine bought a 30-year-old construction firm just steps from the rough Nashville neighborhood ...
Buying a Business to Build a Life
31 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinar: How to Run a 2-Year Search in 2 Months - Nov 1 - https://bit.ly/48sjkh9Se...
Buying & Building a $60m Manufacturer
28 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinar:How to Run a 2-Year Search in 2 Months - Friday, Nov 1 - https://bit.ly/3YE...
2 Years to Buy, Double & Exit a Medical Billing Firm
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register for the webinars:Cap Tables 101: How Capital Structure Works When Buying a Business - Thu O...
Small SDE, Big Upside: Buying a Business with 5 Employees
21 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinars:Cap Tables 101: How Capital Structure Works When Buying a Business - Thu O...
Leaving Amazon to Buy a $3m Apparel Brand
17 Oct 2024
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Business Collapse After Going All-In
14 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinars:Due Diligence Office Hours - Wed Oct 16 - https://bit.ly/4h3R74oCap Tables...
Margins in Mulch: Buying a $1m Erosion Control Business
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register for the webinars:Which Business Should You Buy? - Thu Oct 10 - https://bit.ly/3TYdVZ8Due Di...
The Model for a 3-Way, Long-Term Holdco
07 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinars:Which Business Should You Buy? - Thu Oct 10 - https://bit.ly/47TzaBcMarc N...
Why Sell to Private Equity: Former Guest Has an Exit
03 Oct 2024
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Register for the webinars:Which Business Should You Buy? - Thu Oct 10 - https://bit.ly/4gQqKP5Taylor...
Turning Around a Blue Collar Business in Decline
30 Sep 2024
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George Tibil & Keith Fields bought a $1.1m janitorial business with falling revenues. 9 months l...
When the Business Can't Be Saved: Resilience
26 Sep 2024
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Register for the webinars:Legal Office Hours (Deal Structure & Its Tax Implications) - Thu Sept ...
The Appeal of Franchise Buying: $1m EBITDA in 2 Years
23 Sep 2024
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Register for the webinars:Legal Office Hours (Deal Structure & Its Tax Implications) - Thu Sept ...
One Year Into a Garage Door Business with $350k SDE
19 Sep 2024
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Register for the webinars:Due Diligence Office Hours - Thu Sept 19 - https://bit.ly/3B2oF29How Much ...
Buying the Neighborhood Nursery (with $800k in Earnings)
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register for the webinars:Due Diligence Office Hours - Thu Sept 19 - https://bit.ly/4d27MSAHow Much ...
Control & Family: Drivers of a Self-Funded Search
12 Sep 2024
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Register for the webinars:Thu Sept 12 - How Big a Business Should You Buy? - https://bit.ly/3XmtR8vT...
Building a Portfolio of Nostalgia Restaurants
09 Sep 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How Big a Business Should You Buy?https://bit.ly/4cSC6isTopics in Jac...
White-Collar Sisters Buy a Blue-Collar Business
05 Sep 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How Big a Business Should You Buy?https://bit.ly/4dPunmCWithout backg...
Leaving Corporate to Buy a $4m Manufacturer
03 Sep 2024
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An engineer at heart, Mike Dey set his sights on buying a manufacturing business for the next stage ...
Exited but Tired: 5 Years in a Hard Business
29 Aug 2024
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Register here for the webinar, Legal Office Hours: Common Legal Diligence Issueshttps://bit.ly/4dWmP...
Young Couple Starts a Family Business By Buying One
26 Aug 2024
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Investor Perspective on Self-Funded Search
22 Aug 2024
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5 Businesses Acquired with a Long-Term Hold Model
19 Aug 2024
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SBA Lender Roundtable: State of the Market
15 Aug 2024
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3 top players in SBA lending to the searcher ecosystem discuss what they're seeing in the market as ...
One Couple, 4 Kids, and a Business 3 Hours Away
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gabe Perez sought a way out of corporate while Kristen sought a way back to working. Buying a $4m bu...
After 4 Years of Part-Time Searching, Success
08 Aug 2024
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Will Gano was rewarded for his persistence & vision when he bought an 8-figure, 125-year-old ing...
Buy Fast: A Good Reason to Buy Small
05 Aug 2024
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Rob Carpenter was eager to start operating, so it only took 90 days to start searching then buy a $2...
Tangible & Collectible: Buying a Consumer Product Company
01 Aug 2024
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Years after one venture ended in failure, Jeff Velker bought a $2.5m pen maker with a strong brand &...
White Collar Roll-Up from $700k to $12m
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Evans left tech & bought a tiny, decades-old language services business. 6 years later, r...
Reflections on 2 Years in the Knife Fight
25 Jul 2024
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Register for the webinar:How (and Why) to Choose a Franchise as an Acquisition Entrepreneur - https:...
The Scrappy Path of a One-Man Holdco
22 Jul 2024
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Register for the webinar:How (and Why) to Choose a Franchise as an Acquisition Entrepreneur - https:...
Getting Reps: Helping Others Look at Deals Led to a Holdco
18 Jul 2024
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Register for the webinars:Search Investor Roundtable: State of the Market - https://bit.ly/4cvUOwVOv...
Building a $10m EBITDA Leader in a Fragmented Space
15 Jul 2024
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Buying & Growing a Business While Keeping a Day Job
11 Jul 2024
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Register for the webinars:SBA Lender Roundtable: State of the Market - https://bit.ly/4bydwTeDue Dil...
Buy as Search Fund, Keep as Long-Term Owner
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register for the webinars:SBA Lender Roundtable: State of the Market - https://bit.ly/4eTZ8YnDue Dil...
It Really Happened: 100% Financing for an $8m Business
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register for the webinars:Thu July 11 - SBA Lender Roundtable: State of the Market - https://bit.ly/...
Turning $500k into a $38m Holdco (No Investors)
01 Jul 2024
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Candid Reflections on 7 Years of SMB Ownership
27 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How to Buy a Business & Hire an Operator at Oncehttps://bit.ly/3K...
Announcing: Minds Capital
24 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How to Buy a Business & Hire an Operator at Oncehttps://bit.ly/3K...
Why Work IN the Business You Buy (Not Just On It)
20 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How to Buy a Business & Hire an Operator at Oncehttps://bit.ly/3R...
3x Revenue Despite Turnover, Hangovers & Threats
17 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How to Buy a Business & Hire an Operator at Oncehttps://bit.ly/3R...
1 Business vs. Many: Deciding to Roll Up
13 Jun 2024
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Elliott Edge started as a searcher looking for a single business, then pivoted to a roll-up. He's 7 ...
2 Welders and a Shop... to $3.8m in Sales
10 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The DO's & DON'Ts of the LOI (legal office hours)https://bit.ly/3...
Buying a Bankrupt 117-Year-Old Manufacturer
06 Jun 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The DO's & DON'Ts of the LOI (legal office hours)https://bit.ly/3...
Rolling Up EBITDA and Rents with Auto Repair Shops
03 Jun 2024
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3 Years Later, Climbing Out of the J Curve
30 May 2024
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Matt Drndak bought a parts business with a plan to grow it. It worked — he's doubled earnings. But...
From Midnight Deliveries to $28m Holdco (in 6 Years)
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Summary from Webflow: The first business Colin King bought was tiny & unpleasant but also the cr...
Finding a Great Business in Cow Country
23 May 2024
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Cody Agee thought food testing would be a good recession-resistant business to buy. 2 weeks later, o...
Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years
20 May 2024
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Jeff Homer bought a small local music school as a fun side hustle. It turned out to be the opportuni...
When a Restaurant Is a Great Business to Buy
16 May 2024
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Jarett Berke told his intermediary "no restaurants" but changed his tune when he saw what a great bu...
Building a $10m Platform from 2 Low-SDE Businesses
13 May 2024
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Scott Walton bought 2 barely-profitable blue collar companies, changed the culture, unlocked growth ...
Holdco Origin Story: The Bumpy Road to $3m EBITDA
09 May 2024
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4 acquisitions, 3 years after the first deal, and 2 dishonest sellers before Chandra Rao went full-t...
The Allure of Buying a Marketplace Business
06 May 2024
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Zach Smith bought a 30-year-old membership business that connects patients with dentists to return i...
How an American Bought a Canadian Business
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most first-timers shy away from buying across borders. Not Christi Loucks, whose Canadian acquisitio...
Selling $100k of Dog Training… Per Day
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
Rolling-Up to $15m EBITDA
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Graham & Aaron Blick's first acquisition did $1.2m SDE. Four years later, their roll-up g...
The Double Life of Owning a Business 2.5 Hours Away
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
The Gritty, High-Capex Road to Millions
18 Apr 2024
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Reid Tileston bought a business that relied on $800k trucks, capex he came to love for the fat margi...
Watching Warren: How to Build a Mini-Berkshire
15 Apr 2024
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Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
Getting Unstuck by Buying a Business
11 Apr 2024
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The construction services business Christian Bateson bought will do $7.5m in 2024. It also rescued h...
Buy & Build a Trash Business to a $4.4m Exit
08 Apr 2024
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Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
Roofing + Florida = Path to $100m
04 Apr 2024
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Only after Matt Jackson bought a roofing business in the hurricane state did he realize just how big...
Rather Than Retire, Buy a Business
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
$700k EBITDA with No SBA, No Money Down
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How Andrew Stordeur bought a 25-year-old furniture manufacturer in Alberta without having to use any...
The Birth of a Roll-Up
25 Mar 2024
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Register here for the webinar, Working Capital 101https://bit.ly/3IGEZWQGet $200 off your ticket to ...
How to Identify & Buy a Great Residential Contractor
21 Mar 2024
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Register here for the webinar, Working Capital 101https://bit.ly/3veZaYPAlan Lochridge left a career...
Reward for a Brutal Transition: 3 Hours/Week with 2x EBITDA
18 Mar 2024
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Register here for the webinar, Working Capital 101https://bit.ly/3IFObuBGet $200 off your ticket to ...
Buying Small, Growing Big: From $1m to $26m
14 Mar 2024
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John Wilson bought & grew a very small plumbing business 26x over the last 7 years, and today ha...
Unlocking Growth in a Business, Average Age 55
11 Mar 2024
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Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
Bought Tiny, Grew to $4m
07 Mar 2024
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SBA lender Chad Fondriest got the itch to get in the game himself & bought a couple's hobby busi...
When You Buy a Glorified Job, Not a Business
04 Mar 2024
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Get $200 off your ticket to the M&A Launchpad Conference in Houston on May 11th:https://www.mala...
The Front Lines of a Crisis
29 Feb 2024
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14 months ago, Russ Hadlock bought an auto glass business with $2.3m in sales. Today he is strugglin...
How a First-Timer Did a Turnaround (Including an Exit)
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Rizzo bought an unprofitable, 4th-generation elevator business then stabilized, doubled, and sol...
Saying No to Home Services, Yes to B2B Media
22 Feb 2024
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Nathan Gregory left the music industry to buy Autobody News, a business that could benefit from his ...
8 Figs or Bust: Transitioning a Big Plumbing Business
19 Feb 2024
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Register here for the webinar, How to Raise Equity to Buy a Businesshttps://bit.ly/3SUJhzQGet $200 o...
Fire, Covid, Exit: 5 Years in a $12m Events Business
15 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register here for the webinar, How to Raise Equity to Buy a Businesshttps://bit.ly/3uwHx6yWill Wrigh...
Taking a Blue Collar Biz from $900k to $2.4m in Earnings
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Register here for the webinar, How to Raise Equity to Buy a Businesshttps://bit.ly/3SAWZXdAdam Borcz...
First-Timer Turns $20k into $900k in 19 Months
08 Feb 2024
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Only after taking a second look at a small wedding catering & venue business did Nick Patrick re...
The Model Works: Reflections of a Plumbing Business Buyer
05 Feb 2024
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Doug Johns reflects on his balance sheet, lifestyle, and new identity as business owner after 9 quar...
Buying a $4m Business (with 80% Recurring Revenue)
01 Feb 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The Anatomy of an LOI:https://bit.ly/4263xl0It was only after Michael...
Taking the Plunge into Extreme Ownership
29 Jan 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The Anatomy of an LOI:https://bit.ly/3U52srPAt his job, Morgan McCaul...
Finding a Good Business After 2+ Years of Searching
25 Jan 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The Anatomy of an LOI:https://bit.ly/3SsxKrtRyan Doyle was 2 long yea...
Buying a Business to 20x a Real Estate Empire
22 Jan 2024
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Register here for the webinar, The Anatomy of an LOI:https://bit.ly/492E8ehBuying a property managem...
4 Acquisitions In, Holdco Builder's Goal is £150m
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Holdco entrepreneur Sam Turner shares his vision to build the leading platform for independent M&...
14 Months from Searcher to $5.5m EBITDA
16 Jan 2024
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Luis Aguilar found a $1.5m SDE commercial laundry business on BizBuySell, then a second acquisition ...
Shutting Down After a 4-Year Struggle
11 Jan 2024
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Watch the recording of our webinar on Financial Modeling a Self-Funded SBA Acquisition:https://acqui...
Buying a Big $7m Trade School
08 Jan 2024
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Watch the recording of our webinar on Financial Modeling a Self-Funded SBA Acquisition:https://acqui...
Moving to a Small Town to Buy an SMB
04 Jan 2024
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When he bought an HVAC business in east Tennessee, John Mahony moved in next door & became a mem...