Michael Girdley (@Girdley) and Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA), and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Peter Wirtshafter (@PeterWirt) to discuss 2 Deals: A dog teeth cleaning business and a Radon business. Peter has a background in sales which made the exchange interesting since his approach lets him evaluate potential growth opportunities based on his current skills.

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(0:00) - Intro

(0:57) - Cloudbookkeeping.com

(2:18) - Peter’s story and background in sales & operations

(5:00) - How does your sales background affect your SMB search?

(8:27) - What common mistakes do you see in the process of acquiring a business? How do you evaluate the potential of a company?

(10:00) - Deal 1: A dog dental cleaning business

(13:07) - Challenges that we can foresee through the listing?

(14:30) - The channel partner acquisition strategy: Leverage your network into new customers

(16:40) - Is it capital intensive? What is the competitive advantage of this?

(20:15) - How is our read on the niche? What makes this an interesting business?

(23:26) - How do you think of the operational side of the business? What risks should we think of?

(30:00) - How do you think about the business size, and your risk profile?

(34:35) - What are you paying for here? What do we think about the price?

(39:50) - Deal 2: A Radon service business for sale

(44:25) - How do we think about it? What should we ask the seller?

(48:25) - What is wrong with the price? 

(53:40) - What should you be asking yourself when looking at this business?

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley) and Bill D’ Alessandro(@BillDA) are joined by Prateek (@prateekaneja), we talk about 2 Government compliance moats where the first one is a healthcare college in California and the second one is a home healthcare business in Connecticut. Let’s take a deep dive into how to generate great margins by allowing the actual service-providing side of the business to maintain compliance with a great moat.

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(00:00) - Introduction
(01:28) - Our sponsor is Cloudbookkeeping.com
(03:48) - First Deal: A Profitable Accredited California Healthcare College with title IV for sale
(04:26) - What does Title IV mean? Why does it matter?
(06:15) - What are the highlights of California Healthcare College?
(08:29) - How profitable is this knowing that it has a good margin?
(10:24) - What are the online trends in the market? Is this a different business or layered on the fixed cost base?
(13:23) - Is it a good thing when the college has an impressive title composite score of 2.77 and a 90/10 ratio of 85%?
(16:06) - How is the scale or lack thereof of this business?
(17:45) - What are the risks of acquiring the business?
(19:30) - Have they built a compliance machine?
(23:11) - 300-year old School in South Francisco
(26:21) - Second Deal: a nonmedical home care service in Connecticut
(28:32) - What is so striking about Home Healthcare?
(30:57) - How does this business interact with government money? Is it related to the Social Services that they offer?
(31:55) - What are the Pros and Cons of federal and state governments funding low-income individuals as a revenue source?
(37:57) - Why would someone consider this a good business?

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Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) is joined by Clint Fiore (@ClintFiore), to talk about 2 War Stories where we get the broker's perspective. We have an aging owner, health issues, family dynamics, and Key operators involved. Then we have a second Deal where there’s some creative financing that must happen in order for the Deal to come through.
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(0:00) - Introduction to Weird & wonderful War Stories with Clint Fiore
(1:07) - Our sponsor is Cloudbookkeeping.com
(3:39) - 1st story: The owner has a terminal illness & wants to sell
(7:30) - Walk us through a normal valuation process: How many sellers agree with it?
(8:00) - A seller’s perspective on minority owners: Avoid these mistakes.
(11:35) - There’s a systemic risk: General Manager needs to be involved in the Deal
(14:01) - Is it possible to use Equity instead of cash? Did you need third-party appraisals?
(19:25) - What is special about management buyouts?
(22:35) - 2nd story: Winning through a creative earn-out 
(25:34) - How to identify your low-hanging fruit for businesses on sale
(28:22) - What did you turn around to add that value?
(33:30) - What makes a seller pull out after LOI
(40:09) - How did you establish an earnout scheme?
(46:02) - Begin with the end in mind is my biggest advice
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* https://cloudbookkeeping.com/

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Bill D'Alessandro (@BillDA) is joined by Casey (@CaseyCutsail); we talk about 2 Auto Parts Businesses for sale. He owns a business called DIY parts in the aftermarket automotive accessories niche. He also owns a 3 PL with three separate locations. We talked about a Deal he had under LOI but ultimately couldn't move forward and a second deal in the FBA automotive space. We appreciate his second-level insights on the listing that you wouldn't see on the first read-through unless you're in the industry.

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(00:00) - Introduction to 2 Auto Part Businesses for Sale
(00:54) - Our sponsor is Cloudbookkeeping.com
(02:41) - What do you need to know first about Casey's e-commerce business?
(04:12) - Deal 1: Auto Parts business Deal
(06:04) - What are Lift Supports?
(07:35) - Did they make their gas charge struts, or were they a reseller of other brands?(08:33) - Did you learn anything post-LOI that made you change your mind?
(12:20) - What did Casey start digging into first as his LOI got accepted? 
(13:42) - Why did the business start rolling over as soon as it was listed for sale?
(16:00) - Bleeding the balance sheet: Pay attention to this seller's behavior
(17:55) - What happened during Diligence? What was going on with the sales?
(23:29) - Was there anything else that Casey took away from the process that will be useful in pursuing future deals?
(26:06) - Introduction to 2nd Deal: Amazon FBA automotive space
(29:32) - What's Casey's take on the accessories niche in the Automotive parts space generally? How do we understand niches?
(32:43) - Why is surveying the competition on this deal significant?
(35:10) - Why is the barrier to entry a significant factor?
(37:00) - What are the two reasons why having two and a half million sales worth of business is tough?
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Michael Girdley (@Girdley), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Andrew Gazdecki (@Agazdecki) to talk about 2 Deals: A Shopify automated SMS and an eCommerce Cartoon generating illustration company. We also talk about how we see buyers, market prices, government financing grants, and more.
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Show Notes:

(1:14) - Morenow.co

(3:06) - Andrew Gazdecki is our Guest today!

(9:12) - What are you seeing on the buyer's side? 

(13:01) - Government financing grants

(14:29) - How do we see the market right now? What’s going on with the prices?

(15:51) - Deal 1: Shopify automated SMS tool

(16:00) - How does it work? How do we understand its value?

(19:00) - Why is this business so profitable? What is their cost structure like?

(20:40) - What is the technology like for this business? Is there proprietary software here?

(22:00) - Who would buy this?

(25:02) - What is the challenge of starting this business?

(26:00) - QSBS tax treatment: How does it work?

(29:00) - Deal 2: eCommerce Cartoon generating illustration company

(30:35) - How do we think about this business? What is the CAC like?

(34:10) - What is the durability of the revenue stream?

(35:50) - Bonus deal: Procurement software Saas business

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Eric Pacifici (@SMB_Attorney), to talk about all things legal:
M&A legal documentation, what an attorney does, the different legal aspects between small and big deals, litigation, indemnification, intervening when the lawyers slow down your deal, buyer & seller best practices on deals, negotiation leverages, and MUCH more.
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(00:00) - Introduction to legal secrets you need to know for SMB M&A
(00:50) - Our sponsor is Cloudbookkeeping.com
(02:15) - SMB Attorney has Come Out of the Closet!
(05:46) - How Do You Find An Attorney?
(11:36) - What is Indemnity and the Mechanics Around It?
(21:00) - What is a realistic amount of time budgeted for legal documentation?
(23:53) - How can you keep your deal on time when an assessor slows you down?
(27:00) - How can you keep the other parties’ lawyers on time to avoid a deal from breaking down?
(36:06) - What is the role of the lawyer in the deal?
(38:55) - Who should prepare legal documents? Buyer, seller? How does that play in the evolution of the deal?
(43:02) - Big Firms vs small firm tradeoff: What’s to note?
(48:04) - Money, fees & fee structure: Explained
(54:10) - What usually prevents litigation?

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Tom Gilroy (@TomG_GKG) to talk about insurance. We talked about the role of an insurance broker, how to be proactive and minimize claims and risks, how to structure a deal, the different types of insurance you should be looking at, and much more.

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(00:00) - Intro

(1:09) - Microacquire

(3:02) - Tom Gilroy Insurance Broker

(4:35) - Insurance Broker vs Insurance Carrier: What should I expect from each?

(6:22) - When do I need to call someone to assess me on Insurance?

(8:15) - What should a buyer expect from an insurance broker as a customer? How does the process work?

(12:05) - How do you interact with the lawyer and the buyer?

(14:20) - Let’s talk about gap analysis: What are the major areas you’ll be looking at?

(16:44) - Best practices to minimize claims? Can you find out which losses have occurred?

(20:48) - How does special insurance work?

(22:47) - The rating review: Why do sellers lose money and how could they avoid it?

(25:06) - Walk us through insurance fraud, risks & examples.

(30:00) - How does the universe of insurance brokers work? How can I find a good broker?

(32:40) - Is geographic location important? Is size important? How?

(36:10) - Representation & Warranty Insurance: How does it work & who is it helpful for?

(43:01) - Connect with Tom

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley), and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Codie Sanchez (@Codie_Sanchez) to discuss 2 awesome deals: A Coin Laundromat & an accounting practice. We dig into the Laundromat business: valuing assets, operations insights, and what to look for. What makes a good or a bad CPA deal? What is the segmentation around this kind of firm? 

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(01:00) - Cloudbookkeeping.com
(02:29) - Codie Sanchez Intro
(06:00) - What does your portfolio look like today?
(12:08) - Deal 1: High Volume Coin Laundromat for Sale
(14:58) - What do we think about it? Is the RE included package relevant? 
(19:22) - What is the typical lifespan of one of these machines? How do we understand its value?
(20:56) - The 3 important things to look for in a Laundromat Deal
(21:42) - How can we forecast repair costs?
(25:29) - Are we going to find distressed companies for sale?
(28:47) - Can you raise prices? Where can you outcompete other players?
(34:05) - Do we like it? How can we make it work?
(39:10) - Deal 2: An accounting firm for sale
(42:06) - What do we think about it?
(46:04) - What is the segmentation around these kinds of firms?
(48:40) - What should you ask yourself before buying this business? 

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* https://contrarianthinking.co
* https://unconventionalacquisitions.com/
* https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fI3kxC-ewZ6ZXEYgznM7g

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Michael Girdley (@Girdley) is joined by Patrick Dichter (@patrickdichter) to talk about how he went from working in sales to acquiring his own accounting firm. We talked about 2 deals, a cloud accounting firm and a marketing company. Patrick used e-mail cold reaches during his search and shares his process to maximize outreach, why he decided on an accounting firm, and more.
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Show Notes:

0:50 - Microacquire
2:48 - Intro - Patrick Dichter
4:34 - Why did you transition from a W-2 employee to a searcher?
6:17 - How was your search process?
7:31 - What was your strategy to find a deal 
8:38 - Who is running the operation today?
9:45 - How to cold reach potential sellers through e-mail? -  Applying sales experience to a search 
11:16 - What would you do differently to improve your response rate? 
12:34 - Deal 1: A cloud bookkeeping accounting firm
15:07 - What’s interesting about this Deal?
17:12 - What are profit margins typically for these companies?
18:43 - How do you think about the cyclicality of start-ups as a customer?
19:59 - Yellow flags on this deal
23:41 - How do we think about different accounting firms and their services?
26:20 - How would you grow this business? What barriers do you see? Would you recruit overseas talent?
30:06 - Could we raise prices? Does this apply for an SBA Loan?
32:06 - Any other considerations? What about revenue mix & seasonality on the cash flows?
36:24 - Deal 2: Niche Digital Marketing Agency
39:27 - What is their business model? What would make it interesting?
41:44 - What happens with labor retention in these companies?
43:50 - Financials, growth concerns & due diligence focus
46:59 - How is the business-customer relationship on this Deal?
48:53 - Why is this so pricey? How would we structure this financially?
52:33 - Connect with Patrick

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Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Kevin Lawrence and Brad Giles to talk about the Scaling Up methodology. We talk about:
What is Scaling up? What business is it useful for? Scaling Up vs. EOS, What is the role of a CEO? How to hire a CEO?

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Show Notes:

2:25 - Brad Giles & Kevin Lawrence Introduction
3:48 - What is Scaling Up?
6:18 - What business would benefit from the Scaling Up Framework?
10:00 - What kind of home-baked systems have you seen?
12:07 - The four decisions in Scaling-Up 
14:25 - What are the pain points for an entrepreneur that makes a Business Owner search for an applicable system?
19:25 - What is the secret weapon of Scaling Up?
27:53 - What are predictable issues of Scaling?
33:24 - How do I know if I’m not scaling?
38:00 - The problem with autocratic leadership
42:22 - How do you hire a CEO?

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Links:

* Brad & Kevin’s Podcast ‘The Growth Whisperers’

* Kevin's book Your oxygen mask first - The importance of CEOs

* Made to Thrive - The five roles of a CEO
* https://lawrenceandco.com/ 

* https://evolutionpartners.com.au/ 

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