I dive into my background of starting 10 businesses, buying/selling 12 deals, and 3 unique deal structures.

Episode Resources

• Exclusive to Let’s Buy a Business podcast, get $25 just by taking a demo to learn more about Divvy, sign up here: Divvy | Start or letsbuyabusiness.com/divvy 
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16 

This is one of my favorite episodes. Jordan Carter dives into many of the fears and doubts that you have while searching.

We dive into...

-- Telling Family and Friends -- What if it goes bust? -- What will people say and think -- How you can't search part time -- How to fund your acquisition

Episode Resources

• 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Jordan Carter
• https://www.searchinvestgroup.com/
• [email protected] 

Stephen is an OG in the lending space, especially for online businesses. He knows how these businesses operate which is rarer from lenders. BUT now he has something he's been working on for 7+ years which is how to fund businesses in the $5M - $20M range.

We dive into...

-- Capital Access Fund -- Alternative ways to Finance $5M - $20M businesses -- All things criteria, size, interest rates, PG's, etc.

Episode Resources

• 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with with Stephen Speer
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenspeer
• https://ecommercelending.com/ 

Jason Condie went from a 7th grade Spanish teacher to owning multiple businesses in less than 3 years. He just acquired a website and digital course business that needed his skillset.

We dive into... - Complete Career Transformation - Hiring the Whos and NOT learning the Hows - Motivated Sellers - Risk Tolerance - Buying a Business that needs you.

Episode Resources

• 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Jason Condie
• [email protected] 

Robert Graham and Juan Ruiz dive into specific deal examples for searchers. Robert helped 6 searchers close deals last year and Juan runs COMMUNETA at Harvard.

We dive into…

• Dealing with non-recurring revenue
• How to handle unique business risk with investors
• Stock Sales to keep contracts in place
• Unions :)

It's a fun convo.

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Juan Ruiz
• http://communeta.com/
• [email protected]
• Connect with Robert Graham
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertelliotgraham
• http://searchinvestgroup.com/
• [email protected]
• https://www.linkedin.com/company/searchinvestgroup 

Matt Putra is an eCommerce expert and fractional CFO for eCommerce brands. He’s built, bought and consults for many eCom brands.

We dive into…

• How to free up cash flow
• 5 Specific Actions to take to squeeze out working capital
• Good Debt vs Bad Debt
• Why eCom is taking a massive hit. Episode Resources
• 10 Step Video series to Finding a Company to Buy
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Matt Putra
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattputra
• https://www.eightx.co/
• https://keepnaturewild.com/ 

Mike is the CEO of ExitOasis.com and has bought, built and sold 4 businesses. He’s also been a broker and coaches people on how to sell their business now. Mike found his first acquisition by driving around town and talking to owners.

His Framework of Successfully Selling your Business:

Desirable Results Duplicate Results Document Results

The Owners wait too long to think about getting it ready to sell, then they fail.

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Mike Finger
• Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-finger-35130b31/
• [email protected]
• https://exitoasis.com/
• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to Ukraine’s main charity fund — https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/
• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to the fund of the National Bank of Ukraine: https://ukraine.ua/news/stand-with-ukraine/
• Ryan Twitter - https://twitter.com/ryanpaulcondie 

I dive into a short episode on an example of a good seller, the business traits and their own traits that generated a ton of interest in the market.

-- No Short Cuts in Bookkeeping or Products -- Built for Transition - Hired the right people to Optimize -- Steady growth for 6 years of Operating History -- Good Margins on Evergreen products and Industry -- Good People

Recipe for success. :)

Episode Resources

• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to Ukraine’s main charity fund
• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to the fund of the National Bank of Ukraine
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv1 

Kinza Azmat is an awesome entrepreneur and human being. She is making the switch from the corporate world to entrepreneurship through acquisition AND closing on her deal in a week.

Here we dive into...the numbers!
- All things SBA
- Down Payment
- Debt Payments
- Earnings

Yes, this episode is simplified as we mainly talk about just the numbers. Not all the other hard things like signing a Personal Guarantee, finding the business, supportive spouses, and the 1,349 things that go wrong when finding a deal. :)

Episode Resources

• Connect with Ryan Condie
• Ryan Twitter - https://twitter.com/ryanpaulcondie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• https://forms.gle/RRcXpe3dK7pNGqv16
• Connect with Kinza Azmat
• Follow Kinza Here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinzaazmat/
• Kinza’s SBA Numbers Post - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6916776389463433216/
• Help to defend Ukraine — Donate to Ukraine’s main charity fund — https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/
• Donate to the fund of the National Bank of Ukraine: https://ukraine.ua/news/stand-with-ukraine/ 

Matt was the main guy going in to acquire businesses to run them. His Private Equity company bought 18 businesses in 18 months with Jared Zemp. We also breakdown how to use new tactics from online to offline businesses.

Episode Resources

• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to Ukraine’s main charity fund
• Help to defend Ukraine — donate to the fund of the National Bank of Ukraine
• Connect with Ryan Condie
• http://linkedin.com/in/ryancondie
• http://letsbuyabusiness.com/
• Connect with Matt Blackwelder
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-blackwelder-004a91b1/