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Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) talk about a small neighborhood coffee shop in British Columbia, Canada. Could this be a rich man’s trap? We’ll be going deep into figuring out whether we got an outperforming deal or not. You won’t expect who we think should buy this deal.  ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) talk about an ATM Route Deal based in Boston, where we take a deep dive. We also look at a Bitcoin ATM, which is super cool and exciting. We also go along with the learning experience we had with this deal. ----- Thanks to our sponsor! Pioneer Capital Advisory operates as a full-service SBA loan consulting business. The firm has establ...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), talk about a fascinating deal in Tampa, Florida where we enter the world of Firearms and Firearm-related eCommerce and find out whether this was a good or quite scary business. We also deep-dived into second amendment-style businesses that are just printing money and interesting to have in our radars. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * C...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ), we talk about an exciting business located outside of Whistler, Canada and near Vancouver for our Summer Episode. It is a whitewater rafting business with a lot of unique things to dig into from COVID impact to the brokers’ presentation. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * Guardian Due Diligence is the di...

Michael Girdley (@Girdley), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA), and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills), talk about something a little different: We reviewed the potential purchase of royalties from Cherry Garcia ice cream, Ben and Jerry's popular ice cream flavor named after the iconic grateful founder, Jerry Garcia. We found a royalty stream too and we investigated it in depth to see if it was a good i...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ), we talk about an interesting deal on Wholesale of Premium Flooring Products in Texas. It is a real deal from one of our listeners and had a quick consultation on whether this deal is a good one or not. We talk about the deal’s consolidation, financials, margin compressions, and more. ----- Thanks to...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ), talk about an interesting sign business in Texas regarding oil field services. We discuss financials, operational aspects, growth opportunities, and more. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * Guardian Due Diligence is the diligence solution for first-time buyers and self-funded searchers. You should be ab...

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), Michael Girdley (@ girdley ), and Jake Wakely (@ jakelywakely ), who owns a moving business in Texas talk about his war story of acquiring a home services business in Vail, Colorado. Jake has an excellent rationale for choosing this business which is his getaway to spend more time in Vail. He also shares how he could figure things out as the deal was under LOI, an SB...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), talk about two fascinating deals: A gigantic chain of environmental aquariums located in various malls around the US and a European compliance software package located in Switzerland. The first deal talks about doing millions in revenue a year and also looking for a capital partner or selling the business. As for the second deal, we s...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) talk about two cool deals relevant to holiday vacations: A ski rental in Colorado and a fireworks store in Oklahoma. Both are traditional-type businesses. We get to determine if these crazy, fun deals are indeed interesting in terms of real estate captures, scales, wholesales, moats, and if the risk would be worth expanding the busines...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), talk about one cool Deal that has a dried fruits and nuts kiosk in Denver International airport and the other, an Innovative Deal, a professional tool created by firefighters. We also look at ways to scale these deals and the growth potential from a marketing perspective. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * CloudBookkeeping offers adaptab...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ), we talk about an independent pet supply rep company in Alaska and Oregon. On the other hand, we looked at a second deal from a failing startup currently being sold on micro-acquire by Andrew and his team. Here we will figure out what they do, how the business works, and identify the Pros and Cons of...

Don't miss part 2! Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) turned the tables on Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) for this special eCommerce episode. We talk about the day-to-day operations of eCommerce businesses. Product types, 3PL vs in-house fulfillment, customer acquisition, favorable a...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Peter Wirtshafter (@ PeterWirt ) to discuss 2 Deals: A dog teeth cleaning business and a Radon business. Peter has a background in sales which made the exchange interesting since his approach lets him evaluate potential growth opportunities based on his current skills. ----- Thanks to...

Want to receive this listing in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’ Alessandro( @BillDA ) are joined by Prateek ( @prateekaneja ), we talk about 2 Government compliance moats where the first one is a healthcare college in California and the second one is a home healthcare business in Connecticut. Let’...

Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) is joined by Clint Fiore ( @ClintFiore ), to talk about 2 War Stories where we get the broker's perspective. We have an aging owner, health issues, family dynamics, and Key operators involved. Then we have a second Deal where there’s some creative financing that must happen in order for the Deal to come through. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * CloudBookkeeping...

Bill D'Alessandro (@ BillDA ) is joined by Casey ( @CaseyCutsail ); we talk about 2 Auto Parts Businesses for sale. He owns a business called DIY parts in the aftermarket automotive accessories niche. He also owns a 3 PL with three separate locations. We talked about a Deal he had under LOI but ultimately couldn't move forward and a second deal in the FBA automotive space. We appreciate...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Andrew Gazdecki (@ Agazdecki ) to talk about 2 Deals: A Shopify automated SMS and an eCommerce Cartoon generating illustration company. We also talk about how we see buyers, market prices, government financing grants, and more. ----- Thanks to our sponsor! MoreNow.co : We help owners buil...

If you liked this episode, subscribe to our weekly newsletter and receive new episodes, offers and learnings directly to your inbox, every week: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Eric Pacifici ( @SMB_Attorney ), to talk about all things legal: M&A legal documentation, what an attorney does, the differe...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Tom Gilroy (@ TomG_GKG ) to talk about insurance. We talked about the role of an insurance broker, how to be proactive and minimize claims and risks, how to structure a deal, the different types of insurance you should be looking at, and much more. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! MicroAcquire is the #1 startup acquisition marketplace. It is simply the most e...

Want to receive this listing in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Codie Sanchez (@ Codie_Sanchez ) to discuss 2 awesome deals: A Coin Laundromat & an accounting practice. We dig into the Laundromat business: valuing assets, operations insights, and what to...

Want to receive this listing in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by Patrick Dichter (@ patrickdichter ) to talk about how he went from working in sales to acquiring his own accounting firm. We talked about 2 deals, a cloud accounting firm and a marketing company. Patrick used e-mail cold reaches duri...

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Kevin Lawrence and Brad Giles to talk about the Scaling Up methodology. We talk about: What is Scaling up? What business is it useful for? Scaling Up vs. EOS, What is the role of a CEO? How to hire a CEO? ----- Thanks to our sponsors! * CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that want to focus on gr...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) & Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), are joined by Steve Ressler (@ steveressler ) to talk about best practices when running a search, his search fund The Brydon Group , buying opportunities in the SMB space, what do the best search funders do, top CEO’s skills,  and more. ----- Thanks to our sponsors: * https://Cloudbookkeeping.com - Cloudbookkeeping specializes in bo...

Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) is joined by Brock Briggs (@ BrockHBriggs ), first-time searcher, to talk about 2 deals: A Florist company and a FedEx P&D Routes one. We talk about: operational aspects, financial modeling considerations, the trade-off of bringing a Limited Partner in, separating real estate from a business: when should you do it and how to limit your exposure as a buyer, and...