Acquisitions Anonymous - #1 for business buying, selling and operating

Do you want to own a union-based business?? | A Commercial Roofing Company and an eCommerce Retail Brand - Acquisitions Anonymous Episode 78


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Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) talk union labor in commercial roofing businesses, finance, wages, seller training periods and more in our first deal. The second one is a small business straight from our German audience, we skip the Anonymous part and dig into manufacturing, logistics, target audience and more.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro
(0:33) Beyond8FiguresPodcast
(1:38) A commercial roofing Company w/ 90 employees
(4:10) Mix Union vs non-Union employees
(5:17) What is typical % for Union labor? When do you require Union labor?
(6:19) Value & risk of captive labor
(7:59) What does the average job size tell us?
(9:44) Close look at financials, wages & seller training period, lots to unpack
(14:57) What should you think twice about if you also liked this business?
(16:09) Specifics on Due Dilligence in working with a Union
(18:18) Supply Chain status in the commercial roofing business
(20:05) Retail eCommerce Business: AER Video, cheap alternative of a camera drone
(22:51) First thoughts, sourcing & logistics questions
(25:36) How do we think about sizing and third party logistics (3PL)?
(27:55) Is there an opportunity to place the product in front of a target customer?
(29:45) What about changing the target audience with a price adjustment?
(31:47) Lifetime customer value, Total Adressable Market and balance
(36:01) Where is the traffic coming from? How do people hear about my product?

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Links:

* https://flippa.com/11097828-5-year-old-established-e-commerce-business-selling-camera-accessories-in-the-action-sports-niche

* [email protected]

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