Colin Keeley & Brent Sanders

Indie Acquisitions

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Indie Acquisitions is a podcast chronicling the journey of two guys buying and building wonderful internet companies. Hosted by Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders.

Author

Colin Keeley & Brent Sanders

Category

Business

Podcast website

www.vernehq.com

Latest episode

Feb 9, 2026

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Episodes

We Bought a Bankrupt Software Company 09.02.2026

Colin and Brent discuss buying Prolifiq , a bankrupt enterprise software company. Want to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS a...

How to Build High-Performing Teams in Latin America 11.07.2025

Colin discusses everything he has learned about building teams in Latin America. - When and how to hire globally - Best roles and places to hire - Share how others are doing it - Common mistakes to avoid Want to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course &...

Hard Lessons Learned Scaling a Startup in Year 1 17.02.2025

Colin and Brent discuss their wins and losses and lessons learned in the last year. Colin's lessons learned in year 1: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/hard-lessons-learned-scaling-a-startup Want to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Communit...

Bending Spoons Breakdown (Italian Constellation Software) 15.11.2024

Colin and Brent discuss how Luca Ferrari & Bending Spoons built its holding company. Colin's breakdown of Bending Spoons: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bending-spoons-operating-manual Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Co...

How to Deliver Unreasonable Hospitality 08.10.2024

Colin and Brent discuss great books, customer support, tech diligence, a Latin American staffing firm. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any...

How to Deal with Lawsuits & Ransoms 31.07.2024

Colin and Brent discuss lawsuits and ransoms they've dealt with and seen. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at...

Capital Camp 2024 & Tough Turnarounds 08.06.2024

Colin and Brent discuss Colin's learnings from Capital Camp 2024 and tough debt turnarounds. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback....

How We Use AI to Replace Employees 14.05.2024

Colin and Brent discuss how they are using AI to write code and do marketing for their software companies. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with...

Visiting a Secret Club, Austin, Latin America Hiring & Remote Teams 07.04.2024

Colin and Brent discuss Brent's secret club, visiting Austin, launching a Latin American staffing company , and managing remote teams. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and B...

How Double Your Software Business With Services 27.02.2024

Colin and Brent discuss the process of adding services to grow their software business. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell...

How to Use Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to Scale Your Business 24.01.2024

Colin and Brent discuss implementing Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) at their software company. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com  

2023 Recap: Wins, Losses, & Learnings 07.01.2024

Colin and Brent discuss 2023's wins, losses, and learnings building a software holding company. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com  

We Sold Our SaaS Business! Learnings & Process 06.12.2023

Brent and Colin discuss selling their first SaaS acquisition in Blinksale and the process and learnings from doing it. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How to Raise Prices & Launch Growth Services 01.11.2023

Colin and Brent discuss raising prices, launching their new google review service, and buying vs building. Grow your local business https://www.maplejoin.com Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How to Buy a Venture Capital Orphan (Real Example) 13.10.2023

Colin and Brent discuss buying a venture capital-backed company that's in distress. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

6 Month Review of a SaaS Acquisition 30.07.2023

Colin and Brent discuss Colin's their acquisition of Scout ( scoutforpets.com ) 6 months in with growth channels, what's worked, and what's happened. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How to Bootstrap a $300m Tourism Vertical SaaS 16.07.2023

Colin and Brent discuss Colin's breakdown of FareHarbor and Peter Attia's $150,000 longevity playbook.   Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How a Ex-Googler Built a $220m Vertical SaaS in Flooring 22.06.2023

Colin and Brent discuss Brent's Scout update, building vertical software for flooring, and buying a house vs buying a business.   Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

We Made a Huge Mistake 08.06.2023

Colin and Brent discuss Scout's bumpy product launch and rebuilding trust. Colin's takeaways from Capital Camp 2023: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/capital-camp-2023-review-takeaways Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How the Pritzkers Made Their Billions Through Acquisition 19.05.2023

Colin and Brent discuss Jay & Robert Pritzker / Marmon Group Business Breakdown https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/jay-... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Brent Beshore & Permanent Equity Business Breakdown 03.05.2023

Colin and Brent discuss how Brent Beshore's Permanent Equity built its holding company. Colin" breakdown of Permanent Equity: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bren... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How to Manage & Grow a Remote Team 24.04.2023

Colin and Brent discuss how we are managing and growing our remote team.   Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Software Companies Are Dead. ChatGPT Killed Them. 04.04.2023

Colin and Brent discuss the impact of ChatGPT and AI on software companies.   Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How To Build an Offshore Tech Team & Transition Challenges 26.03.2023

Colin and Brent discuss all things tech. How to build an offshore team and limits of tech debt.   Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

How to Bootstrap a Startup from $0 to $1 million in ARR 26.02.2023

Colin and Brent discuss how to self-fund / bootstrap the perfect startup from $0 to $1m in ARR and whether you need a technical co-founder. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community and SaaS Growth Playbook . Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com  

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