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Jason Cline left corporate at age 50 to buy a flower distribution business (in cash). SDE is up 3x after just one year.
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Jordan Carter started as a part-time, generalist searcher. 3+ years later, he bought a biz doing $2.4m with 40% margins.
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A deep-dive into the market for SaaS businesses with Thomas Smale, founder of leading SaaS brokerage FE International.
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Kinza Azmat arrived in the US at age 6, speaking little English. Today she's the new owner of a thriving RE brokerage.
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Lisa Forrest shares key findings from a survey of 49 entrepreneurs who bought a business after a self-funded search.
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Seasonal. Nonrecurring. Key person risk. Trish Higgins recounts how Chenmark got excited about an unlikely acquisition.
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Ujwal Velagapudi acquired a multimillion dollar vending empire with thousands of machines & 7 figures of cash flow.
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A lender and a searcher explain how to quickly identify a business you should NOT buy, saving you months of wasted time.
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Alex Michael bought a wallet brand doing $650k on Amazon. Alex delves into how FBA works & what the growth levers are.
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Multiples for ecom businesses jumped 50% since 2018, but Quiet Light's Joe Valley says that trend is about to reverse.
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