Episodes

288
May 19, 2023

Tale of Two Businesses: Momentum

I have two friends with a problem. Momentum. One has too many customers. One has zero customers. Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s Buy a Business Youtube Episode Resources Connect with Ryan Condie http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie http://letsbuyabusiness.com/ https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16 How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisit...
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April 24, 2023

Deal Dive - Fitness eCommerce Brand with Proprietary Products, Trademark & Patent

In this episode of Let's Buy Business, Ryan discusses a fitness eCommerce brand called Top Form Design, which sells attachments for Peloton bikes and has seen significant growth due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The business is currently listed for sale at a high asking price of $3.9 million. Ryan expresses concerns about the high valuation and the fact that the company's growth may be tied to external factors such as the increased popularity of home workouts during the pandemic. He also questions ...
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April 20, 2023

In the Trenches on 100’s of Business Valuations with Ryan Hutchins

Ryan Hutchins has run professional valuations on 100’s of businesses across every business sector. He’s a pro. We dive into… — 3 Cash Flow ways to value a business…1. Cash Flow 2. Market Multiples and 3. Straight Assets — Projecting Trends and how that impacts valuations — Dive lightly into asset heavy businesses Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s ...
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April 17, 2023

How to Buy into your Firm as a Partner + Quality of Earnings Mistakes with Jon Allen

Jon Allen is incredible with company finances, understanding where money is going and how to grow profitably. He also knows acquisitions and exits. It’s a powerful combo. We dive into… — How to buy into a firm as a partner — How buying into an equity stake is the single best financial decision of his life — Are Quality of Earning Reports ever the same? — Biggest discrepancy is Owner Salary Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy...
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April 12, 2023

3 Ways to Fund an Acquisition

3 of 12 Ways to Fund an Acquisition: Cash Seller Note Friends and Family Episode Sponsored By Call to Action Episode Resources Connect with Ryan Condie How to Buy Your First Small Business through Acquisition Entrepreneurship: Stay Up...
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April 10, 2023

Business Search to Raising $6M to Buying $22M of Real Estate in 14 Months with Joe Quinn

Joe Quinn started his business acquisition search and then switched to buying $22M in real estate in 14 months. 14 deals in 14 months. Wild ride. We dive into… — How to Find a Mentor — How He Spotted Opportunities in Real Estate During His Search — How to Raise Money — Using W2 Knowledge to Launch His Career 2.0 Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s B...
282
April 6, 2023

Buying 48 Business During the Pandemic + Mentor Seeking with Jonathan Jay

Jonathan Jay has been an entrepreneur since dropping out of university at age 19. Now 50 years old, he has built businesses in publishing, digital marketing, adult education and coaching, and preschool education and sold each of them. During the pandemic, he made 48 business acquisitions to create the 4th largest group in his sector in under three years. We dive into… Why buy a competitor? How and why did you make 48 acquisitions when the world was ending? 10 years without a Mentor and how t...
281
March 15, 2023

From Cameraman to 2x Acquisition Entrepreneur in the Crime Scene Cleanup World with Steve Keller

Steve Keller went from a cameraman to a business owner nearly overnight. He bought 2 businesses, $120k and $1.3M in the crime scene cleanup space. Steve has an inspiring story and has reinvented his career multiple times. — How he found and funded his first deal — How he used that knowledge to win a competitive acquisition 10x bigger Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a C...
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March 13, 2023

How My Father Taught Me More About Business in Afternoon than All of School

My father and I started a candy business 10 years ago. When I became frustrated, he suggested we take a break and go to Chili's for lunch. This taught me how to better handle situations with partners and employees and the business was successful for many years after. Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s Buy a Business Youtube Episode Resources Connect ...
279
March 10, 2023

Building and Selling a Multiple 7-Figure Business without Quitting the 9 to 5 with Danny Vivier

Danny Vivier sold his business in 2021 and parlayed that into more acquisitions and passive cash flow as an LP in commercial RE. He also recently bought a microSaaS business in 2022 and is streamlining an old-school business and bringing it into 2023. :) We dive into…. — How to Build a Business to Leave your W2 — Selling His business — Diversifying his Investments for Cash Flow — How he won the bid for a competitive MicroSaaS business in 2022 Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote w...
278
Feb. 27, 2023

Deal Dives - Climbing Gym Equipment Manufacturer + High-End Tropical Plants in Orange County

If you are listening, I show my screen on YouTube. Easier to digest. Leading Climbing Holds Manufacturer: https://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/Leading-Climbing-Holds-Manufacturer/2041371/ High End Tropical & Exotic Plant Sales - Commercial & Residential: https://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/High-End-Tropical-and-Exotic-Plant-Sales-Commercial-and-Residential/2072419/ Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a...
277
Feb. 24, 2023

Going from COO to Laid Off to 7-Figure Comp + Equity

Short story of a former COO in his 50's getting laid off and turning a good opportunity into potential generation wealth. Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s Buy a Business Youtube Episode Resources Connect with Ryan Condie http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie http://letsbuyabusiness.com/ https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
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Feb. 3, 2023

3 Acquisitions with Matthew May

Matthew May is an accountant that has purchased several businesses. We dive into each acquisition and how they increasingly became better deals each time with previous learnings. We dive into... -- Buying Out and THEN Replacing that Partner -- Buying an Accounting Firm -- Merging with a Similar Sized Firm Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Let’s Buy a Bus...
275
Jan. 23, 2023

3 Ways to Know If You Need a New Bookkeeper with Matt Remuzzi

Matt Remuzzi started CapForge, a 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. We dive into 3 ways someone can see if their bookkeeping is terrible. Up-to-Date, Recent Numbers Do you have faith in those numbers? Do they pass the gut check Look at the Balance Sheet - Are your bank balance, credit card, sales tax, and loans up ...
274
Jan. 13, 2023

The Website Flip with Mushfiq Sarker: Buying Over 175 Websites in 10 years

Mushfiq has done what most people aspire to and has done it on the side. He's bought, built, and sold over 100+ sites. Mushfiq is the Founder of thewebsiteflip.com. He’s been buying, growing, and selling sites with many 6-figure exits. Hires a team, has a day job, and crushes life. Check out his courses here: Website Flipping Course: Learn How To Buy And Sell Sites Episode Sponsored By Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call with Me Let’s Buy a Business Newsletter 1...
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Jan. 6, 2023

The Conor McGregor Effect + 2 Great Businesses

Don't let hitting your goals fill your belly...the Conor McGregor Effect. 2 Businesses I love Right now: Top Grocery FBA Business: SBA Pre-Qual | 8 Yr Old Amazon FBA Biz | Top BSR Grocery | Brand Leader | 71,000 Reviews - 42 SKUs | Quiet Light Tree Farm: Established B2B Tree Farm & Wholesaler in Southeast Texas - Bison Business Episode Sponsored By Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up here: Divvy | Start or letsbuyabusines...
272
Dec. 16, 2022

3 Entrepreneurs With an Amazing Business Model

Here is an amazing business model: Build something on the side that is sellable. Get to $75k-150k in SDE Sell for a $200k - $500k Exit Don't quit the day job Rinse and Repeat I've seen this so many times lately. Episode Sponsored By Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up here: Divvy | Start or letsbuyabusiness.com/divvy Free Book - The EXITpreneur Playbook Looking for fantastic remote workers? Call to Action Book a Call ...
271
Dec. 1, 2022

Everything That Happens in Your Life

Life got a lot better when everything that happened became my fault. “Envy is the religion of the mediocre. It comforts them, it soothes their worries, and finally, it rots their souls, allowing them to justify their meanness and their greed until they believe these to be virtues.” - Carlos Ruiz Zafon Life will get a lot better when everything that happens to you becomes your fault. Episode Sponsored By Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more abo...
270
Nov. 29, 2022

John Wilson Buys the Family Plumbing Company + 5 More Acquisitions + 900% Revenue Growth

John bought his family’s plumbing company and has since bought 5 other companies which led to over 900% revenue growth. We dive into — Buying a Family Business + Valuations — Doubling his business overnight through Acquisitions — How to scale past $3M with Systems You’re going to want to follow John on Twitter and the interwebs. :) Episode Sponsored By Let’s Buy a Business: Narrowing Down My Criteria for My Business Acquisition Search Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by...
269
Nov. 24, 2022

Turkeys and Risk… Life is Good Till It’s Not

Turkeys get fat for 999 days and then they get chopped. Turkeys and Risk. Episode Sponsored By Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up here: or Call to Action Episode...
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Nov. 21, 2022

How to Buy Businesses While Keeping Your Day Job with Ujwal Velagapudi

Ujwal Velagapudi bought a sports bar while keeping his day job. It was nuts. No bartender 1 hour before opening on his 1st day. Put an ad on craigslist and luckily someone showed up a few minutes before opening to handle it. That opening weekend was the busiest weekend he ever had. We dive into… How to get a deal done Risk with deals What he would do differently Why everyone thought he was crazy Ujwal is brilliant and moves fast. He knows his comfort level and is ready to move when he see...
267
Nov. 17, 2022

4 Types of Luck + Naval + How Most of My Career Stems from 1 Apartment Move in College

I dive into the 4 types of luck, 100% accountability, and how luck has played a role in 2 big successes of mine. Moving into an apartment in college and starting this podcast. Blind luck Luck from hustling Luck from preparation Luck from your unique character Episode Sponsored By Let’s Buy a Business: Narrowing Down My Criteria for My Business Acquisition Search Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up here: Divvy | Start or...
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Oct. 31, 2022

PPC Strategies for Searchers with Corbin White

Corbin White is a PPC expert and gives us searchers a few tips while evaluating the paid marketing accounts for a business for sale. He has spent millions on PPC so buckle up. We dive in… — Red Flags in Ad Accounts — 100 Point Google Audit — His Journey from W2 to Business Ownership Episode Sponsored By Let’s Buy a Business: Narrowing Down My Criteria for My Business Acquisition Search Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up ...
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Oct. 28, 2022

From Selling a Business to Buying a Business Brokerage with Jessica Fialkovich

Jessica has had an incredible journey from an entrepreneur to a business broker to a business brokerage owner. Full circle multiple times. She’s a business exit expert and the #1 best-selling author. She has built the fastest-growing business brokerage firm in the US. You can learn more about her and her content at exitfactor.com We dive into… — Exiting her First Business — Buying her Next Business :) — Trends in the Market — Creative Funding for Deals Episode Sponsored By Let’s Buy a Busines...