Episodes
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...
273
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...
268
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...
266
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 ...
265
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...
264
Oct. 25, 2022
How Entrepreneurs Get Health Insurance in 2022 with Jason Ferguson
Jason Ferguson is an incredible health insurance broker and has spent 20+ years working with entrepreneurs. This episode is for: Mainly for US listeners. He is free to use for Utah, Missouri, Texas, and Arizona. 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 letsbuyabusiness.com/divvy Free Book - The EXITpr...
263
Oct. 21, 2022
Business Listing: SBA Pre-Qual, 19-Year-Old eCom Computer Business | 1.5% Paid Advertising on $4.7M Rev + $578K SDE
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 $4,741,323 INCOME $578,386 MULTIPLE 3.49x 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 cu...
262
Oct. 14, 2022
They Got Acquired with Lexi Grant
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 i...
261
Oct. 12, 2022
How to Design Your Business Around Your Life with Jodie Cook
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… — Designing your life consciously — Businesses that are fun to run are more fun to sell — Systemizing ...
260
Sept. 30, 2022
6 Critical Takeaways with 4 Successful Entrepreneurs
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. Episode Resources 10-Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy http://letsbuyabusiness.com/ Free Book - The EXITpreneur Playbook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oLwMMM6qgzMVTE2uYAoquZxge_lTx4X3/view Episode Sponsored By Let’s Buy a Business: Narrowing Down My C...
259
Sept. 20, 2022
W2 to Owner - Get Your Finances in Order with Dave Lowell
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... W2 to Business Owners' Success What HNW earners do Building your Financial Foundation Conversations with your Spouse Capital position - a new term for me but this is awesome Episode Resources Let’s Buy a Business: Narrowing Down My Criteria for My Business Acquisition Search Connect with Dave Lowell https://w...
258
Sept. 16, 2022
Most Common Problem After Talking to 12 Searchers - Narrowing Down Your Search Criteria
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. Episode Resources Buy Then Build 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 l...
257
Sept. 8, 2022
Digital Service Business to College Students - Deep Dive with Lewis Faucett
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: https://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/62956-digital-services-college-admissions-career-coaching-19m-gross-yr Episode Resources 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 10-Step Video serie...
256
Aug. 30, 2022
Evaluating the Books During Due Diligence with Matt Remuzzi of CapForge
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. Episode Resources Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sig...
255
Aug. 25, 2022
$68M in Revenue Since 1994 - Legacy Product / Brand for Sale
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. Episode Resources 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 10-Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Niche Manufacturing Company in the Fitness Equipment...
254
Aug. 23, 2022
How to Transition from Employee to Entrepreneur?
Listener mailbag. I dive into mental and financial areas of making the switch from employee to entrepreneur. OTHER EPISODES TO CHECK OUT: Jesse Safir Jennifer Anderson Damon Chlarson Brent Parker Rob Thompson Episode Resources 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 10-Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy Connect with Ryan Condie ht...
253
Aug. 18, 2022
Multiple Online Business Deal Dives With Yury Byalik from Onfolio Holdings
Yury is the Head of Strategy & Acquisitions at Onfolio Holdings (NASDAQ: ONFO). He’s been in the acquisition game for a long time. We dive into… Buyer Pitfalls for online businesses Add backs - Failed Marketing is not an add back Deal Deep Dives Productized Services The weirdest way to make money… Episode Resources 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 EX...
252
Aug. 9, 2022
How to Buy a Mountain Resort in a 300-Person Town with Rob Thompson
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 - Making Huge life Decisions and moving to a town of 300 people - Rethinking his Corporate Career - How he found the resort - Day 1 through 30 in running the resort Don’t miss this episode. :) Episode Resources Exclusive...