For this Roundup we jumped into the topic of what a buyer should look for when choosing an intermediary, and vice versa.

1. How to get a broker to take you seriously?
2. What's a broker actually looking for when they assess whether or not to engage with a buyer or seller?
3. What should a buyer look for in a broker and how can you identify, and leverage the right one(s), the right way?

Show Notes:

• 04:00 What should a buyer look for in a broker?
• 08:00 What should somebody hoping to buy a business look for in a buy-side broker to help them with their deal flow & acquisition search?
• 12:00 Buy-side work is hard. Recognize that when you're approaching a broker and you'll be more successful engaging the right intermediary.
• 13:30 Look at a retainer as an investment
• 14:00 How can you find a niche intermediary?
• 15:00 Tips to show you're a serious buyer
• 20:00 Make sure you have a statement of assets to separate you from the rest of the buyer pack
• 22:00 Most intermediaries don't care about your alma matter

Show Links:

• Hal Feder
  • Hal Feder / Murphy Business
  • Hal Feder / BizNexus
  • Hal Feder / LinkedIn

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Intro Music Artist: DJ Freedem | Track: Pretty Boy

After a brief COVID hiatus in March, the band is back together to chat with Jonathan Smith from Live Oak Bank about all things business acquisition financing in 2021. We run through:

1. How the financing market has changed over the past year through the pandemic
2. What to expect through 2021 in terms of financing availability 
3. How much should buyers be prepared to put down for an acquisition through year-end

Show Notes:

• 02:30 Live Oak Overview
• 04:00 Financing Trends
• 05:30 Additional items lenders have been collecting due to COVID
• 10:30 Availability of financing State-by-State and how shutdowns impact availability of financing
• 11:30 Seller notes and how those have been used over the past year, and what to expect going forward through year-end
• 14:40 How much should borrowers in this market be prepared to put down on an acquisition
• 06:00 Availability of financing SOTU now and what to expect through year-end
• 18:00 M&A Perfect Storm

Show Links:

• Acquisition funding options & loan preapproval 
• Live Oak Bank
• Jonathan Smith
• BizNexus
• Intro Music Artist: DJ Freedem | Track: Pretty Boy

Learn More About BizNexus

Schedule a Demo: https://www.biznexus.com/demo

Access our marketplace: https://www.biznexus.com/marketplace-home

Access our community: https://community.biznexus.com/

Learn more about OmniSource™: https://omnisource.ai/

Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biznexus

Get an acquisition loan: https://biznexus.tech/acquisition-financing

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Intro Music Artist: DJ Freedem | Track: Pretty Boy

We kick off our first podcast with Mike Vranjkovic of Empire Flippers.  Mike heads up Empire Flippers new passive investment program, EF Capital which just recently launched and is disruptive for a number of reasons:

1. As an operator it gives you access to a potential ocean of capital you’d otherwise have a hard time getting in front of to fund a business acquisition
2. As an accredited investor this allows you to passively invest capital into direct investments in the online space.

Show Notes

• 02:36 - EF Capital Overview
• 07:00 - What's in it for the investor?
• 13:30 - What's in it for the entrepreneur/operator?

Show Links:

• EF Capital Operator Interest Form: https://forms.gle/VEXHKF4CHGchvbCb7
• EF Capital Investor Information Page: https://empireflippers.com/capital/
• Intro Music Artist: DJ Freedem | Track: Pretty Boy
• BizNexus: https://www.biznexus.com/

Learn More About BizNexus

Schedule a Demo: https://www.biznexus.com/demo

Access our marketplace: https://www.biznexus.com/marketplace-home

Access our community: https://community.biznexus.com/

Learn more about OmniSource™: https://omnisource.ai/

Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biznexus

Get an acquisition loan: https://biznexus.tech/acquisition-financing

Show Credits

Intro Music Artist: DJ Freedem | Track: Pretty Boy