Acquiring Minds

Buying a $3m Course Business (Whose Founder is the Face)


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Online course businesses have dazzling margins but a key weakness. Dom Wells explains how to acquire one & make it work. 

Topics from the interview with Dom:

  • Opportunity for acquisition entrepreneurs to buy a course business
  • What to look for when acquiring a course
  • The role a course founder's personal story plays
  • How to ease the founder's face out of the brand
  • Why faces of successful students of the course are actually more valuable
  • How courses can charge so much ($500 and more)
  • Buying underperforming Udemy courses
  • Importance of marketing funnels to a course business
  • Ongoing development costs of a course (vs. SaaS)

Links & how to contact Dom:

  • Proofread Anywhere
  • More backstory on Proofread Anywhere: How I Built A $200K/Month Business Selling Proofreading Courses
  • Udemy
  • @DomWellsOnfolio
  • LinkedIn
  • Onfolio

Register for a live gathering of SMB, Micro-PE, and ETA owners, operators and investors:

  • SMBash

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

  • The Acquisition Lab

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

  • See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
  • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
  • Follow Will on Twitter
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