Dimitri Nikolakakis

Deals Down Under

Business EN ↓ 6 episodes

Deals Down Under is the podcast for aspiring and active acquisition entrepreneurs in Australia. Each episode, host Dimitri Nikolakakis sits down with founders, operators, and dealmakers who have bought, built, and scaled businesses the unconventional way — without starting from scratch. From first acquisition to complex roll-ups, we dig into the mechanics of deals, the realities of ownership, and what it actually takes to buy your way into business in Australia. If you're tired of startup culture and ready to build wealth through acquisition, this is the show for you. Your Host: Dimitri Nikola...

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You Don't Need a Tech Startup to Cash In on the AI Boom | Jason Hew 08.07.2026 40:57

If you have bought a business, and are open to sharing your story on the show, please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com If you want to sell your business, I'm buying. Please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com Connect with Jason Hew here: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jasonhew1 Jason Hew spent a decade learning how good businesses and good deals work — as a PwC chartered accountant and M&A advisor, then in-hou...

What Acquiring, Building, and Selling a Logistics Company Actually Looks Like | Blake Noble 01.07.2026 56:24

If you have bought a business, and are open to sharing your story on the show, please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com If you want to sell your business, I'm buying. Please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com Connect with Blake Noble here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nobleblake/ Most acquisition stories stop at the purchase. Blake Noble's runs the full distance — buy, grow, and a clean exit eleven years later....

Give Me 40 Minutes and I'll Explain How to Buy a Business With a Search Fund | Jackson Allan 25.06.2026 35:37

If you have bought a business, and are open to sharing your story on the show, please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com If you want to sell your business, I'm buying. Please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com Connect with Jackson Allan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacksonallan1/ Most people assume you need to be rich, or technical, or both, to buy a business. Jackson Allan is neither. After 15+ years in B...

The Lazy Entrepreneur's Way to Buy 3 Businesses FAST! | Elisha Nuttall 17.06.2026 45:59

If you have bought a business, and are open to sharing your story on the show, please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com If you want to sell your business, I’m buying. Please email ddu.dimitri@gmail.com Connect with Elisha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elishanuttall/ After ten years writing reports at PwC and Grant Thornton telling other people how to fix their businesses — and watching them do nothi...

Two Off-Market Acquisitions, Two Completely Different Seller Experiences | Matt Stevenson 10.06.2026 34:06

Matt Stevenson started his career in Big Four M&A before moving into banking — watching businesses fail not because they were bad, but because their owners couldn't manage them. That became his thesis for buying his own. He's now Managing Director of Bizstats, a monopoly SME sales data provider, and NZ BizBuySell, New Zealand's leading business-for-sale platform — both acquired off-market from...

From Operator to Investor: How Pete Seligman Built a Portfolio of 10+ Acquisitions 03.06.2026 53:45

Pete Seligman has been buying, running, and backing businesses since 2013. He started the way most acquisition entrepreneurs do - a mate, some savings, and a bank loan secured against their houses. Today, as the founder of EtA Forum and EtA Central, he's Australia's most active Search Fund investor, directly involved in 15-20 deals and having backed more than 20 searchers across the Asia-Pacific....