Jon Stoddard
Top M&A Entrepreneurs
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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Sep 10, 2025
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Episodes
E: 20 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Ernesto Ricci from Buenos Aires - Buying Football Tournaments 29.07.2021 37:27
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E: 20 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Ernesto Ricci Argentina Buenos Aires Football Tournaments 00:00 Intro to Ernesto Ricci 02:45 Why he signed up for Roland's EPIC scalable.co/epic-challenge 05:15 How he is applying M&A to buying Football Tournaments - his framework for the search & his pitch to sellers 10:35 how many tournaments he...
E: 19 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Sam Palazzolo Tip of the Spear 20.07.2021 59:55
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E: 19 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Sam Palazzolo Tip of the Spear 00:12 Book: Deliberate Discomfort by Jason Van Camp - Tip of Spear - The Impact of the Book 02:50 Works with 3 Coaches - Each with specific Clarity Path - Why you need a coach 07:10 How he makes decision to move up from a coach - the ROI you need to get 14:36 Tip of the Spear A...
60+ Acquisitions and $250M in Value E: 18 Mathew Wainwright Top M&A Entrepreneurs 14.07.2021 42:56
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E: 18 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Mathew Wainwright 60 Plus deals and $250M in value 00:00 in M&A business at 23 years old. 01:04 Recently acquired UK Salads adding $50 Million 02:05 How he got started in M&A took a course at 19 His Why 06:00 How he started working with Paul Seabridge 07:10 How his partnership is structured with Paul ...
E: #17 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Vinnie Fisher, Author and Chairman of $45M company 06.07.2021 37:48
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → 00:20 Author of 3 books: The CEO's Mindset, FALSE PROFITS, The Best Investment: A Better You 02:10 His start in Acquiring Businesses - As M&A Attorney seeing 100's of companies 04:10 His first. Met a Wiz Bang Kid that needed help - Business was breaking 06:10 His most successful deal to date - it has quadrupled in revenue 08:00 How h...
7 Acquisitions & Buy Then Build E:16 Walker Deibel Top M&A Entrepreneurs 05.07.2021 57:28
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E: 16 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Walker Deibel, 7 Acquisitions, "Old Economy Meets New Economy Strategy" 00:00 Walkers Buy Then Build Book 1:17 The Genesis of His Acquisition Entrepreneurship 7:55 Private Equity Facts 09:35 Influence from his family 11:11 Money Ball, the numbers 13:00 His experience with Different verticals versus a N...
E: 15 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Joe Valley Co-Owner Quiet Light Brokerage - Author: The EXITpreneur's Playbook 04.07.2021 1:03:28
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E: 15 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Joe Valley Co-Owner Quiet Light Brokerage - Author: The EXITpreneur's Playbook Has talked to over 8,000 selling entrepreneurs How he got started - self-employed since 1997 Started a media buying agency, then moved into colon cleansing Sold that business to Quiet Light 6 acquisitions, 6 exits The more people yo...
18 Acquisitions in 15 Years E: 14 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Jeff Charlton 10.06.2021 45:55
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → 14 Top M&A Entrepreneurs: Jeff Charlton 18 acquisitions in 15 years Civil engineer by training Why he started acquiring businesses First acquisition: bought a vendor with no money down Every acquisition after that was to acquire salespeople Almost all 18 acquisitions were no money out of pocket None of his acquisitions were making money at the...
E: 12 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Chris Daigle - Assisted 1000s but working on the Billion Dollar Idea 09.06.2021 49:38
🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business E: 12 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Chris Daigle - Assisted 1000s but working on the Billion Dollar Idea. How he got the nickname Doctor. How he started in EPIC. Has since assisted over 2000 students. Has known Adam Lyons for 10+ years. Book recommendation: Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power...
E: 13 Top M&A Entrepreneurs Christopher Wick - Why he acquires a minimum of one business per year. 08.06.2021 59:12
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → Summary First Acquisition at 29 years old..an inspiring and cautionary tale. Christopher has worked on over 400 companies. The timing, and moment of clarity, where he asked, "what would happen if he owned these companies? "First acquisition was all cash, all the risk upfront, but 11 months later sold and tripled investment. Since...
E: 11 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - DeAnna Rogers from Affiliate Events to EPIC to Airbnb Entrepreneur 06.06.2021 48:45
🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business E: 11 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - DeAnna Rogers, the EPIC Glue, from Affiliate Events to EPIC to 3 Property Airbnb Entrepreneur. Author of 3 books. Running 10,000 attendee events for DigitalMarketer. Now an Airbnb Entrepreneur. Sold out first Airbnb right after listing - for the rest of the year! Uses digital marketing skills to...
20+ Acquisitions Worked on 100s E:10 Adam Lyons Top M&A Entrepreneurs 05.06.2021 37:51
E: 10 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Adam Lyons 20+ acquisitions and has worked on 100s. The story of the start of his deal making career...10ish years later, 20 plus acquisitions. Since then, he has worked on 100s of deals negotiating for buyer and sellers. And... coaches over 700 CEOs. Why he Shares all deals with Roland Frasier. How and why you want to "acquire the costs of the company"....
E: 9 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Sharon Brown. 9 Deals. 1st Acquisition SaaS Co. from Denmark 04.06.2021 56:45
🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Sharon Brown has completed 9 deals. Her First acquisition was a SaaS company from Denmark. Buys 100% of company. Offers sellers 60 Day Deferred Down Payment. Then scrambles to pay for it with sponsors. First acquisition paid for by Motorola. Did she know people at Motorola? Nope. Why she does not use zoom videos calls when prosp...
E8: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Terry Williamson Proximity to Power 16.05.2021 50:31
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E8: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Terry Williamson Proximity to Power. Roland Frasier's partner on Dog Ecom project. Hub & Spoke, Amazon FBA, FB group...everything for a dog roll up. What you need: Passion, Skillset, Demand. Current project has a social/giving aspect. Added 29 employees in last 60 days. How to control your Exit.
5 Acquisitions E:7 Jeramiah Townsend, Top M&A Entrepreneurs the push from his father-in-law. 15.05.2021 48:59
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E:7 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Jeramiah Townsend, 5 companies, the Entrepreneurial push from his father-in-law. (Jeramiah is surrounded with the love of family) Sticky situation negotiating with 5 sellers, read that again, 5 family owners - and the sad ending. He has used the pipe-wrench strategy before EPIC. His self-deprecating humor makes fo...
7 Acquisitions In Cannabis E:6 John Gorst, 165 point Due Diligence Checklist Top M&A Entrepreneur 14.05.2021 37:14
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E:6 Top M&A Entrepreneurs, John Gorst, 7 companies, 165 point Due Diligence Checklist. Lived through the gyrations of Cannabis 1.0 to Cannabis 2.0. Integration is hard. Acquisitions are hard. Not recommended for every company. Culture critically important. His plans? No acquisitions for immediate future until he finishes what is on his...
23 Acquisitions 19 CPA Firms and 4 Fitness Companies E:5 John Bly Top M&A Entrepreneurs 13.05.2021 33:09
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → E:5 Top M&A Entrepreneurs, John Bly, 23 Acquisitions 19 CPA and 4 in Fitness Companies, (sold a few too) Author: Cracking the Code - An Entrepreneur's Guide to Growing Your Business Through Mergers and Acquisitions for Pennies on the Dollar. 700 people working for him. Consults with 10+ clients a year to help them acquire companies. ...
38 Content Ecom Acquisitions. E:4 Dominic Wells, Top M&A Entrepreneur 12.05.2021 40:32
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → Dominic Wells, EPIC 2, 38 Content Ecom Acquisitions. Lives in Taiwan, originally from UK. Joined EPIC with idea to create course on buying businesses - dropped idea quickly. Doing so well that he raised fund to pay for Acquisitions @investinOnfolio.com. Had one seller basically give him a business. 38 businesses later, plans to move HQ to the US,...
E3: Top M&A Entrepreneurs Mark "I Buy Revenue" McRae 11.05.2021 55:39
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → Mark "I Buy Revenue" McRae 10 Acquisitions, 3 since EPIC, another EPIC OG. Started his first business at 7 years old. Made more money than his parents at the swap meet. His model: He buys "Revenue". A Warren Buffet fan. Buy boring business, 10 years old, never a losing year, healthy margins, management stays. Acquire...
E1: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Marty M. Fahncke "Chasing the Whale" 06.05.2021 47:42
Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment → Over 8 Acquisitions since EPIC. Chasing the "whale" acquisition. Why he lost it. What he learned. How he recovered. Building $100 Million in Dry powder for the next Acquisition. Why he loves doing this.
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