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

We're joined this week by Steve Divitkos, Search Fund Investor & former CEO of Microdea. Steve has a background in private equity investing and after attending Business School he funded a Search Fund in 2012. He is originally from Canada. We examine two Saas businesses currently for sale. Thanks to our sponsors! Trout CPA is a full-service accounting firm offering M&A specific service...

We're joined this week by Andrew Swiler, CEO, First Principles from Barcelona, Spain. He's the CEO of First Principles, investments in small businesses, and MicroPE. We examine a franchisor and a vertical Saas currently for sale. ----- Thanks to our sponsors this week! Cloudbookkeeping.com - CloudBookkeeping sets the standard for bookkeeping services. If you run a business, you know the...

This episode is a group discussion with special guest, Mitchell Baldridge (twitter: @baldridgeCPA) CEO of Baldridge Financial (https://baldridgefinancial.com/).   How to find the expected benchmarks and KPIs for your industry? We'd love your feedback on this episode!   THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:  David C Barnett Small Business Podcast - If you're interested in learning about buying, selling,...

We're joined this week by Mike Loftus, CEO of Connor's Landscaping in Orange County, CA. He's growing a landscaping business in Southern California one acquisition at a time. closed on 3, 4th currently under contract. We examine two landscaping businesses currently for sale. Thanks to our sponsors this week! Cloudbookkeeping.com - CloudBookkeeping sets the standard for bookkeeping s...

We're trying some new content-type experiments for 2022.   This episode is a group discussion with special guest, Mitchell Baldridge (twitter: @baldridgeCPA) CEO of Baldridge Financial (https://baldridgefinancial.com/).   We talk about ways to make sure your SMB doesn't run out of cash.  We'd love your feedback on this episode!   THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:   David C Barnett Small Busine...

Want to receive this listing in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ---- Joined this week by Brent Beshore (Founder and CEO at Permanent Equity), we talk about two businesses for sale in the manufacturing space. ---- Thanks to our sponsors this week: MoreNow.co : We help owners build a high functioning, experienced team by leveraging the top manag...

This week we review two businesses for sale in the Vice sector.  No guest so you get us 100%! ----- Thanks to our sponsors! David C Barnett Small Business Podcast - If you're interested in learning about buying, selling, financing and managing small and medium sized businesses then you should check out the David C Barnett Small Business and Deal Making Podcast on YouTube and all the major pod...

This week's episode is one of our favorites for the year. Josh Schultz (twitter: @joshuamschultz) who helps us through two deals in the MRO (maintenance, repair, operations) equipment space. Fascinating one. Check it out on your podcast app! ----- * 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 u...

Joined this week by special Twitter anonymous guest (@guessworkinvesting), we talk two really cool companies for sale.   Guesswork is super cool in that he's a future former investment banker who's making the switch to SMB.  Exciting to take part in this journey.   Sponsors this week are:   David C Barnett Small Business Dealmaking Podcast - If you're interested in learning about bu...

New Episode Alert featuring baller @WilsonCompanies as a special guest! We talk about 2 businesses for sale! -$5mm pool services and lifeguard staffing co -$2mm septic services business John's got skills. This was a good one. ----- * 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 @ a...

It's a pool construction company episode! Joined by Xavier Helgesen, we go deep into this business as well as learn a ton about his holding company model. Thanks to our sponsors this week: SMBash.com - THE conference for buying, operating, and investing in the SMB and Micro-PE space. CloudBookkeeping - https://cloudbookkeeping.com/ - Strengthen Your Business With Meaningful Growth By Elevatin...

This week is an encore episode of our original episode 13.  Mikel Berger and Daryl Starr of LEV Capital join us to nerd out about a dumpster business for sale in the SE USA! Great episode. Enjoy! ----- * 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 busin...

It's a vet clinic episode! Our guest this week is Dzmitry Miranovich. He is Co-Founder at Associated Veterinary Partners, which is a roll-up of vet clinics. We look at two that are for sale right now.  Thanks to our sponsors this week: Tinyacquisitions.com - buy a business with a few clicks, most for less than $10,000 SMBash.com - THE conference for buying, operating, and investing in the SMB...

Want to receive this listings in your inbox? Signup for our weekly newsletter: https://landing-newsletter.acquanon.com/ ----- Guest is Heather Endresen, Director, Search Fund Lending at Live Oak Bank. This week, we discuss two deals for sale relevant to SBA lending (Small Business Administration loan programs). Enjoy! THANKS to our sponsors: SMBash.com - Join us in Orlando, FL for one-on-one inter...

We look at two real estate small businesses for sale.  One is a home staging business in Silicon Valley.  The second is a specialty real estate appraiser firm in the southeast. Enjoy! THANKS this week to TinyAcquisitions.com, our sponsor! ----- * 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 twi...

Guest is Michael Yarmo , Managing Director at Newpoint Advisors Corporation.  Michael is a turnaround specialist. He and his firm work on helping struggling businesses get back on their feet. They work on deals where they are equity holders or ones where they are hired by owners/investors to drop in and right the ship! We discuss two CPG/Retail turnarounds in this episode. Thanks! Mills, Michael a...

This week, we're joined by Ari Ozick , who is a partner of HRX Capital. They buy distressed digital businesses.   Our guest co-host is Franco Pereyra, co-founder of Near.   We review two online businesses for sale.   Thanks to our sponsors Tiny Acquisitions ( tinyacquisitions.com ) and The Scribes ( https://thescribes.co/ ) this week. ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling f...

Guest this week is John Wilson, CEO of Wilson Companies.  It is a privately owned group of companies diversified in Construction, Home Service, Real Estate and Professional Services. We go deep in two plumbing home services businesses. Enjoy! Thank you to our sponsors this week:  TINYACQUISITIONS.COM (buy small existing businesses for sale) Acquiring Minds Podcast (a great podcast) ----- * Do you...

This week we're joined by the badass Mike Botkin of the Benchmark Group out of Florida. We analyze two landscaping businesses for sale. Enjoy! ----- * 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 business acquisitions and operations. ----- Past gues...

Truck stop episode!  This week, we're joined by Tanner Doss (COO of El Cap Holdings / https://www.elcapholdings.com/tanner ).  Tanner has a long career in investment banking, the air force and working for a large family office in the truck stop business.  - a $900k truck stop in Alice, Texas of questonable quality  - a $12mm truck stop somewhere in California (we think)  Enjoy! ----- * Do you...

Joined this week by Aaron Rubin of ShipHero (shiphero.com / https://twitter.com/AaronandML), we talk logistics! = $26mm Third-Party Logistics in Las Vegas -  $1mm in FBA Prep Business Enjoy! Bill, Mills and Michael ----- * 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 Learning...

This week we're joined by guest Bryant Suellentrop (https://twitter.com/SullyBusiness) as he drops some science on the cleaning space!   We reviewed two deals this week:   - a $800k/yr cleaning business in Midland, TX   - a $565k/yr window cleaning business in San Antonio, TX Enjoy! ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel . * Do you enj...

Joined this week by guest Brandon Laughridge ( https://twitter.com/laughridge and http://www.brandonlaughridge.com/ ), the team talks about two small businesses for sale:   - a $900k revenue parking lot at Houston Hobby airport  - $5mm railroad terminal logistics business   Brandon is CEO of North Terrace Property Management and an avid real estate investor.   Enjoy! ----- * Do you love Acquanon a...

Joined this week by guest Mitchell Baldridge (CEO of Baldridge Financial Services in Houston, TX ), we talk two deals for sale: - $900k Financial Advisory Practice - $6.8mm Underground Utilities Contractor in the Southeast This is a great one if you're interested in the tax considerations during acquisition of a small business. Enjoy! ----- * Do you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling f...

We're joined this week by Nick Huber (Twitter: @sweatystartup ) and CEO of Bolt Storage ( http://www.boltstorage.com ). We review two small businesses for sale: - $900k Moving and Storage Company - $500k Rural Mini-Storage We hope you enjoy! ----- * 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 u...