Jon Stoddard

Top M&A Entrepreneurs

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Welcome to Top M&A Entrepreneurs – your go-to resource for inspiration, insight, and actionable advice on business buying. Each episode features engaging conversations with business buyers who share their “why” and industry service providers who break down the “how.” Learn from the pros and take your next step toward a successful acquisition with confidence.

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Jon Stoddard

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Business

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www.stackacquisitions.com

Latest episode

Sep 10, 2025

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Episodes

45 Acquisitions & Global Citizen Sebastian Amieva Top M&A Entrepreneur E:45 06.02.2022

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business E: 45 Top M&A Entrepreneur - Sebastian Amieva 45 Acquisitions Global Citizen Investor | Mentor | M&A Expert 00:05 Sponsor DueDilio 00:36  Intro to Sebastian Amieva calling in from Uruguay  09:46  Can we seller trust financial statements - only with hard assets 16:02  How he start acquiring companies (at 24 years old) 22:...

Worked on 117 Acquisitions over career $5 Billion value , Nick Bradley E:44 Top M&A Entrepreneurs 01.02.2022

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:07  Sponsor - DueDilio 00:34  Intro to Nick Bradley he has worked on 117 Acquisitions over career 03:37  How do you EXIT a business 06:47  Breaking CEO's mind by pitching idea to grow by 50% to 100% per year 11:10  Stories to tell to help CEO's grow.   Creating A Life-Changing Number Exit 17:01  Numbers on businesses sold -what is you...

E:43 Joseph B. Anderson 13 Acquisitions with Revenues over $1.3 billion 23.01.2022

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Joseph B Anderson.  WestPoint graduate,  Vietnam Veteran Served 13 years in Army,  Featured in the movie “The Anderson Platoon”.  After Vietnam,  became plant manager for GM - responsible for $1 billion in revenue.   Left GM to buy his first acquisition, Chivas Products Limited.  Inherited a lot of debt, leveraged everything,  sought bankruptcy pr...

E:42 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Tom Shipley raised $100 million for ecommerce acquisitions - Add a ZERO 16.01.2022

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Great conversation with Tom Shipley.  Tom sold $2billion through Atlantic Coast Brands and raised $100 million for ecommerce acquisitions - Why you need to Add a ZERO to your opportunity.  00:09  Sponsor DueDilio com 00:43  Introduction to Tom Shipley Launched Foundry, Atlantic Coast Brands 01:43  Major shift in life - moved to Israel and joined I...

E: 41 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Trish Higgins, 30+ Acquisitions Partner at Chenmark Capital Mgmt. 09.01.2022

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:11  Our First Podcast Sponsor  DueDilio 00:53  Intro to Trish Higgins 01:23  What Chenmark Capital Mgmt. does...and how 05:38  Clarifying the Ebidta requirement 07:09  Are Investors throwing money at Chenmark? 09:48  Who / what idea or company are you modelling - 20 year horizon? 12:59  How many companies have you acquired,  who was first?  15:...

E:40 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Roman Beylin, 1 Acquisition to launching DueDilio, Due Diligence for M&A 27.12.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Roman Beylin is the founder of DueDilio, an M&A due diligence marketplace as well as publisher of The Business Inquirer newsletter.  He began his career in investment management and moved to investment banking.  In 2013 he caught the entrepreneurial bug and co-founded one of the first alternative data consulting firms counting some of the most...

E39: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Callum Laing 27 Acquisitions, dividend yielding stock since day ONE 19.12.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Callum is founder and CEO of MBH Corporation PLC, an agglomeration of 27 acquisitions, small, profitable companies from around the world.  By leveraging the Agglomeration strategy, MBH Corporation plc is able to create substantial shareholder value through the consistent and accretive acquisition of excellent companies   MBH Corporation plc is lis...

E38: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - John Carvalho 17 acquisitions, $240mm in Rev, IPO 13.12.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   John co-founded Wolverine Energy Services Inc. with Jesse Douglas in 2012 with an initial acquisition of a $5 million revenue oilfield services company. From his first acquisition to 2020, they acquired 16 more businesses, grew revenue to $240 million and took the company public (TSX:WEII)   Also President to Divestopedia - which helps sell busine...

E:37 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast - Daniel Sweet, Sweetwater Partners - 3 Acquisitions 06.12.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Daniel Sweet specializes in taking healthy Texas small businesses ranging from $1MM - $20MM in revenue, partnering with a management team and financing partners to build a plan to take the business to the next logical level.  Our specialty industries are Technology-, Energy-, and Construction related businesses headquartered in the Great State of...

4 Acquisitions E:36 Gabe Galvez 5th in closing - first year Top M&A Entrepreneurs 29.11.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Managing Partner at Verde Holdings- Verde Holdings multi-family office that invests in: Control investments in middle market service companies in the Western U.S. Multi unit and commercial real estate nationally, Early stage technology companies.  CEO at CAPTARGET which provides M&A research and deal origination services to middle market M&amp...

E:35 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast - Michael Liu - 2 Acquisitions Ecommerce under $1mm in Rev 22.11.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Micheal is CEO and Co-Founder at Erdos Ventures.  Micheal is graduate of Techstars LA '21.  Erdos Ventures is a Techstars backed company that leverages technology to appraise, acquire, and activate portfolios of high potential niche e-commerce brands at scale. 00:00 Intro to Micheal Liu 00:15  What / Who is Erdos - why the name origin - findi...

E: 34 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Marcus Sheridan Merged his Pool Company, Merged his Marketing Company 15.11.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Marcus Sheridan Bio - International Keynote Speaker on Digital Sales/Marketing, Ranked #1 LinkedIn Voices for Entrepreneurship, Author of "They Ask, You Answer" and "The Visual Sale"  Owner/Partner at IMPACT a Digital Marketing Agency,  Partner at River Pools - built to $15mm in sales from Warsaw, Virginia - population 1400 00:...

E:33 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Nick McLean Four Pillars and Five Acquisitions 08.11.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Nick McLean is founder and member Four Pillar Investments.  Nick participates in all aspects of Four Pillars’ business. Currently, most of his activities revolve around deal origination and deal execution. 00:00 Intro to Nick McLean - bio 00:38 Why he called his company Four Pillars Investors - and what they mean to how he operates 03:27  How they...

8 Acquisitions- Forbes 30 under 30 & Inc. Fastest E: 32 Matt Bodnar Top M&A Entrepreneurs 25.10.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   E: 32 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Matt Bodnar - 8 Successful Deals - Forbes 30 under 30,  Inc. Fastest Growing Company, Chairman of Fresh Technology, Cofounder & Managing partner of Fresh Capital, Host of Science of Success Podcast with 5 Million downloads.  00:00 Intro to Matt Bodnar  03:29  His M&A Entrepreneurial Call to Adventure - wor...

8 Fitness Acquisitions E: 31 Matt Fischer, Opened 10th Location Top M&A Entrepreneur 18.10.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   E: 31 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Matt Fischer  8 Fitness Acquisitions , Opened 10th Location 00:00 Intro Matt Fischer - 8 Fitness Acquisitions, Opened 10th Fitness Location - Fitness SaaS 02:19 His Uncle's inspiration - The Mentor Entrepreneur influence 04:33 Meeting his Mentor - Not much of sharer - watched from behind the scenes 05:40  Fir...

E:30 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Michael Bereslavsky - over 300 Deals /on his 3rd investment fund 11.10.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   Michael is an online business entrepreneur and investor. He started building, buying and selling websites as a student and later founded Domain Magnate in 2008 to make a career out of it. 00:00  Intro to Michael Bereslavsky micro revenue acquisitions, first acquisition he paid $120 - sold for $2500 20X MOIC 00:00 moving upstream in Revenue Acquisi...

E:29 Adam Coffey CoolSys CEO - bought & sold 100 companies in 20 years - aggregate value $5 Billion 04.10.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →     00:00 Intro to Adam Coffey,  Army Vet,  bought sold 100 companies in 20 years, bought 21 for CoolSys, author of the Private Equity Playbook and The EXIT Strategy Playbook 02:07  Why did he write them and reason for Private Equity Playbook and The EXIT Strategy Playbooks - adding credibility 03:42  Sponsored by 2 different Private Equity firms -...

120 Acquisitions, $550m+ Revenue Acquired $150m Raised E: 28 Moran Pober Top M&A Entrepreneurs 27.09.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:00 Intro to Moran Pober  back story global citizen 01:34   How he acquired the domain Acquisitions dot com and Rollups dot com and using it 06:29   What kind of deals he looks for - his style - his involvement - getting access to Moran 10:54   His hungriest Acquisition Entrepreneurs 12:10   How luck and persistence plays in this business 13:23...

E: 27 Top M&A Entrepreneurs: Andrew Pierno - Acquiring Micro SaaS Companies 20.09.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:00 Intro Andrew Pierno and XOXO Capital 00:38  Andrew's backstory, a Venture Fund,  CTO,  Raising $8Million - What happened When it fell apart 05:45  Talking about MicroAquire & the types businesses and entrepreneurs that list 07:40  The start of Acquisition Thesis - Zero to One Sucks 09:40  Sourcing deals - Off Market Only - Cash Flow...

300+ Acquisitions 23 Industries, $47B in value E: 26 Carl Allen Top M&A Entrepreneurs 03.09.2021

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 00:00 Intro Carl Allen, his M&A origin story 02:22 What happened to Ninja Acquisitions & his deal with Agora Publishing 05:10   One student's success story - 16 Acquisitions a year  - Another headed to Billion$ Valuation 07:48   The Warren Buffett of Mainstreet 08:27   How many hours, days he works now - how much mo...

E: 25 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Elliott Holland from PE firm to 3 Acquisitions to Due Diligence 31.08.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:00  Intro to Elliott Holland 02:28  What "Open Air" Negotiations are 04:00  How big were the Private Equity Deals he worked on 04:53  When he started making his own acquisitions - 1. tow truck Co. , 2. auto parts & 3. clinical trials 06:05  How long he kept the 3 acquisitions - did he like owning them 07:10  Due Diligence for Buye...

E: 24 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Mike Jamieson from USAF Pilot to M&A Entrepreneur 26.08.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:00 Intro to Mike Jamieson 00:43  Buying his first business - Landscaping 02:25  US Air Force Pilot to Harvard Business School MBA Decision 05:47  The HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business written by ABRY Capital founders - how the Searchfunder model started  11:59  Self-Fund or Search-Fund how his deal blew up in his face  13:24  Trying to buy a...

55 Acquisitions, 18 Different Industries E: 23 Arturo Henriquez Top M&A Entrepreneurs 19.08.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   E: 23 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Involved in 130, personally Acquired 55 Companies, 18 Industries 00:00 Intro to Arturo Henriquez 01:23 How Arturo Prospects, Black Envelopes get opened by "Sellers" 04:46 How he found his most recent acquisition a Pool Service Company 06:45 Can he scale a Pool Service Company? 09:29 What is the exit plan...

E:22 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Joel Ankney Attorney to over SMB 100 Deals 11.08.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   0:00 Intro to Joel Ankney, Attorney,  Author of:  "Here's the Deal  Everything You Wish a Lawyer Would Tell You about Buying a Small Business" 01:12 How many acquisitions he has worked on - over 100 02:15 When, at what point in process, is it important to have Deal Team set up 06:03 Can you use a LOI as preemptive strike to lock sel...

Acquired 29 Businesses in 1990s E: 21 Ted J. Leverette - Top M&A Entrepreneurs 06.08.2021

  Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →   00:00 Intro to Ted,  Author of a 3 Business Buying Books,  acquired 29 Businesses in 1990s 00:30 You acquired a number of businesses in the 90s,  but have not in a while,  Do you still own any, sell them, and Why did you move to assisting searchers & Buyers? 03:10 For searchers and Buyers,  What would you say is the most important "area&q...

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