Acquiring Minds

How 1 Couple Bought 2 Businesses


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The original plan was for Lindsay Buckheit to buy a business. As husband Kevin Black got involved, that plan evolved.

Topics in Lindsay and Kevin’s interview:

  • Their desire to leave corporate life
  • Joining Codie Sanchez’s Contrarian Community
  • No deals after 8 months of part-time searching
  • Enlisting AcquiMatch to help them find a business
  • Closing on 2 businesses
  • Offering a higher sale price in exchange for a seller note
  • Mitigating key man risk in both businesses 
  • Finding a bank to finance their acquisitions
  • Why they recommend flat-rate due diligence services
  • The arduous loan application process

References and how to contact Lindsay & Kevin:

  • Lindsay LinkedIn
  • Kevin LinkedIn
  • Collective Creative Outdoors
  • Holdsworth & Nicholas
  • AcquiMatch
  • Codie Sanchez

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

  • The Acquisition Lab

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  • Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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Connect with Acquiring Minds:

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

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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