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

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) hosts this incredible episode with special guest Peter Erickson (@ smbpete ). Pete walks us through his incredible journey, starting as an apprentice in the physical therapy business, going through his transition into a business owner, leadership challenges, layoffs, getting things thrown at him, overcoming disease to returning to a lost business, buying mistakes &amp...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Mike Harrington (@ MHarringtonNC ) to talk about vacation rental management businesses, the industry, 2 Deals, the best criteria to choose a market, operation specifics, and more. ----- Thanks to our sponsor! Fleetio's suite of cloud-and mobile-based fleet management solutions enables fleets of all sizes to autom...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) discuss the Twitter deal at this special Episode. We talk about the financials, the value, cashflow expenses considerations, vested vs unvested stock treatment, both businesses’ performances within Twitter (Ads & B2B), pricing power potential, how we would turnover cost centers to profit sources, new product ideas, breaking out of...

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) is joined by Mehtab Bhogal ( LinkedIn link ) DTC eCommerce specialist to talk about distressed acquisitions & turnarounds, operations, capital structures, downsizing for quality, finding a business partner on Reddit, why makeup brands suck, and much more. We discuss a Bankruptcy deal, BH Cosmetics, linked below. ----- Thanks to our sponsors!   CloudBookkeeping off...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Elliot Holland (@ ElliottEHolland ) to dig into Quality of Earnings, why you need it, what you pay for, what to expect, Due Diligence processes, how to budget it and more. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Fol...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Johnny Robinson (@ SqueegeeGod ) in this episode. We talked about getting inspired to launch a business, building an online presence while differentiating from your competitors, W2 employees vs. 1099 workers, entrepreneurship learnings, maintaining successful business relationships, subcontracting as a growth medium, a...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) is joined by JK Molina (@ OneJKMolina ) for this Twitter masterclass episode. We talk about how SMB owners & Founders can leverage the platform, Twitter best practices, keys to writing a good thread, how to build a network, visible vs invisible scorecards, and much more. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channe...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) are joined by David Rontal (@ davidrontal ) to talk about the Oil & Gas Industry, its value chain, industry trends & opportunities, covid effects & labor issues. We discuss an Oil & Gas services Deal, and a Cannabis farm Deal based in Colorado, which surprisingly have many parallels.  ----- * Do you love Acquanon and wa...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ), and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Brad Smart (@ DrBradSmart ) to talk about the Topgrading hiring process, issues in standard hiring practices, solutions, the importance of job descriptions and how to do them right, and much more. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube ch...

This is an encore episode of our original episode 24. Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by John Wilson (@ WilsonCompanies ) as a special guest! We talk about the septic service business & pool services: Barriers of entry, payroll exposure, growth potentials, synergies, and much more! Deals: -$5mm pool services and lifeguard staffing co -$2mm septic se...

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/ ---- Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) is joined by Mark Brooks (@ markbrooks ), Managing Director at Permanent Equity , to talk about investor-operator relationships, integrations, pre-close involvement and post-clo...

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Mark Fleming Jr. (@ MarkFlemingJr ) to discuss 2 Title insurance companies for sale. We talk about the notary business, margins, risk & risk ownership, software investment impact, revenue sources, insurance premiums, and more. ----- Thanks to our sponsors! CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses...

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 Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) are joined by Joe Cassandra (@ JoeCassandra ) to hear his lessons learned in SMB ownership, running a children's retail store, owner-employee...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) and Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) are joined by Bradford Hardin(@ bradford_hardin ), Banking & FinTech Partner at @ DWTlaw . In this episode we dive into an investor's mind: What do they look for in a company? And in an deal sponsor/syndicator? We talk about investing, investor needs, networking, content marketing, life cycle + evaluation of deals, and much mo...

Deals Episode! 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. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined by Jake Greer ( LinkedIn ) to discuss 2 Pool construction businesses for sale. We evaluate assets & the clues that provides on the functioning of the business, different markets, seasonality, how to evaluate potential, COVID & demand shifts and much more. ----- * Do you love Acquanon...

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 ) is joined by Clint Fiore (@ ClintFiore ) to talk about Business Brokers. We discuss: What they do on a day-to-day basis, their value-add, why they're (Sometimes) unpopular, tre...

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 ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) are joined once again by Heather Endresen ( @EndresenHeather ) for a special episode on SBA lending and borrowing...

Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) is joined by Reg Zeller (@ RegZeller ) to discuss his journey from the corporate world into entrepreneurship, where he shares early experiences as a SMB owner, how a seller bailed out on him after a week on the job for the Bahamas, early wins & losses, his take on SMB ownership, and more. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) discuss 2 eCommerce deals in today's episode. An eCommerce skincare product seller & an Amazon FBA eCommerce Brand in the Anti-aging, beauty and skin care segments ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do you enjoy our content? Rat...

Want to receive this listing in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Michael Girdley (@Girdley), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by James and Palmer Higgins, Partners at Chenmark (Twitter: @chenholdco) to examine a travel agency/financer deal and a landscape management business. ----- * Do you love Ac...

Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ), Bill D’Alessandro (@ BillDA ) and Mills Snell (@ thegeneralmills ) discuss 2 fantastic deals in today's episode. An Online Psychic services company and a K-Pop website. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on twitter @ acquanon Learnings about sma...

How do you make a repeatable, scalable, unbeatable Hiring system? Michael Girdley (@ Girdley ) walks us through his take on hiring. Save on resources in advance by hiring the best fits for each role. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show ! * Follow us on twitter @ acquanon Learnings about small b...

We're joined this week by Justin Turner (Twitter @ JustinNicholasT ), Partner at Traction Capital . He is an experienced finance professional with a background in investment banking, private equity, and corporate development. This episode was recorded live at @ SMB_ash in front of a 100 person audience. ----- * Do you like our content? Rate our show in your favorite platform! * Do you love Ac...

This episode is a short session with Dzmitry Miranovich (Twitter: @ dzmitry9 ), he is Co-Founder at Associated Veterinary Partner s, which is a roll-up of vet clinics. We talk about Dos and Don'ts when acquiring a new business and first steps We'd love your feedback on this episode! ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do yo...