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What you can learn about financing Acquisitions after 1200 SBA Acquisition loans - Bruce Marks

Jon talks to Bruce Marks about what he learned about financing Acquisitions after 1200 SBA Acquisition loans Notes:00:00 Intro 01:03  What does the buyer need to get a SBA loan to buy a business?03:05   Searchfunder vs Self Funded or Fundless Searcher 09:23   Success with Military & Acquisitions10:37   Goodwill Transactions defined12:06   How much SBA can loan on $5m business13:10   How seller notes affect SBA loans13:40   Congratulations you structured a deal that won't work15:10   Why you don't need seller note with an SBA loan - cash flow dictates everything18:20   Raising Capital at the same time as prospecting - those terms structures the LOI22:15   Any affinity for One person or partners acquiring?24:41   When, during search,  should a Searcher reach out to Bruce?26:30   When a self funded searcher needs capital30:15   Me telling Bruce how I spent $100k searching for business. 31:10   What a searcher needs to do to raise the equity portion35:50   What's important about bringing investors - going back to well37:19   Red Flags from a business;  The business I am looking at41:21   A synergistic acquisition story50:04  What happens to the Personal Guarantee & a default Get full access to Mergers And Acquisitions Newsletter™ at mergersandacquisitionsnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

Andrew Gazdecki - Buying & Selling $500 Million in Micro Technology Startups

Jon talks to Andrew about building a platform to facilitate the Buying & Selling of $500 Million in Micro Technology Startups Notes:00:00   Intro00:47  The origin of MicroAcquire05:43   How are you different than Flippa?08:37   Monetization Model10:50   When sellers are asking for too much money14:21   How Neil Patel makes money on micro acquisitions15:15   Who are these startup sellers? 17:58   Who are the buyers on MicroAcquire 20:23   How do you follow up with sellers - to know what they sold for?21:28   The dogs in a VC portfolio - are you going to sell those?22:45   Where are you taking MicroAcquire - Investment Banking is $100B26:06   2 Success Stories FREE Stuff for Acquisition Entrepreneurs 📧: Sign up for The DealFlowSystem Newsletter - Get the FREE 1.  Debt Stress Test Formula,  2.  100 LinkedIn Connection Request Swipe File,  3.  100 First Seller Meeting Questions   4.  Paper Up NDA Non Circumvent   5.   FREE access to direct mail leads https://www.dealflowsystem.net/newsletter Get full access to Mergers And Acquisitions Newsletter™ at mergersandacquisitionsnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

Richard Parker bought/sold 13 companies - sold 100,000 copies of How To Buy A Good Business Course.

Jon talks to Richard Parker about his journey and the 13 companies he purchased and sold.  Then he sold over 100,000 copies of his course  "The How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price".   Richard Now runs Roy Street Advisors which represents business owners, prospective buyers, and family offices in their quest to exit or acquire businesses with EBITDA of $1.0 million and higher.Notes00:00  Intro00:00 I bought his How to Buy a Business course in 200501:05  How he started - $60k in debt 02:00  Dumb luck landing Sega took $30 million04:50  His first offer on business was a disaster 06:30  What were red flags?09:55  Can brokers be impediment?10:15  From Launch to 100,000 course sales14:02  Distressed businesses "dis causes a lot of stress"14:30  Nobody sells a good business for no money down17:43  Buy a business and think about selling it19:00  His Buying Binge28:15  Document Prep acquisition- so much demand35:40  Getting hired by the Ray Dalio Family Office36:10  His partner dying in car accident40:30  Joining Roy Street Advisors - Sell side42:02  Too big to be small, $1m to $5m ebidta44:01  Is the business buying course relevant today?49:25   75% business won't get sold... Get full access to Mergers And Acquisitions Newsletter™ at mergersandacquisitionsnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

Nate Ginsburg and the Acquisition of Centurica - Due Diligence Top M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast

Jon talks to Nate Ginsburg from Seller Plex about his recent acquisition of Centurica,  the Due Diligence company for Online Acquisitions - FBA's,  Ecommerce and SaaS businesses.  Show Notes00:00 Intro00:19  Nates Origin Story...10:10  Jerry,  who bought his FBA company,  5 years ahead of Thrasio 11:26   Seller Plex - what does company do?12:30   Dipping his toes into small acquisitions17:28   Centurica history & dancing around for acquisition24:29   Can you scale a Due Diligence service business?30:37  Why did Centurica sell - what was valuation?34:45  How did he finance deal37:49  What did he underestimate in the acquisition?43:12  Eyeballs on money in,  money out. 45:47  How often do you see "accounts / finances"  co-mingled47:58  What does a final DD report offer?52:39  What is make-up of current customers?55:24   What's next for Nate and Centurica? 58:02   Connect with Nate & watch for report on Acquisitions, Valuations, Prices Sold for...https://youtu.be/GkVDjzmHcnYLinkswww.linkedin.com/in/nateginsburghttps://centurica.com/SBA Loans  https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephensp... Get full access to Mergers And Acquisitions Newsletter™ at mergersandacquisitionsnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

7+ Acquisitions Most Recent $8.5 Million Antonio & Jason Batallan, Top M&A Entrepreneurs

Jon talks to Antonio & Jason Batallan of the Batallan Group.   The Batallan Group Owns and manages over 200 properties in Florida and they created the infrastructure to successfully acquire and integrate multiple businesses throughout the greater Southeastern market.Show Notes00:00 Intro01:00  How they started 1st Acquisition08:12  After a number of acquisitions,  Did synergies happen as expected?10:34  How do they build to work above the business?12:40  Two acquisitions in 2012,  was it too much to digest?17:35  What are their long term plans - what is goal?24:19  The $8.5 Million Acquisition story38:13  What the brothers do to celebrate successful acquisition?41:00  Big Deal vs Small Deals?41:39  Brothers working together43:07  What did parents pass on to create the foundation for their success?49:27   What was it about Dan Pena that attracted them vs all the others?Linkswww.linkedin.com/in/antonio-batallan-6980a058/www.linkedin.com/in/jason-batallan-47957385/https://thebatallangroup.com/FREE Stuff📧: Sign up for The DealFlowSystem Newsletter - Get the FREE 1.  Debt Stress Test Formula,  2.  100 LinkedIn Connection Request Swipe File,  3.  100 First Seller Meeting Questions   4.  Paper Up NDA Non Circumvent   https://www.dealflowsystem.net/newsle...AboutTop M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast is where we talk to acquisition entrepreneurs active today to ask them about their process, where and how they source their deals, their journey, what they had to overcome, obstacles, Industries they work in, how they analyze deals, valuations, and pricing, negotiating the deal, due diligence, transition planning and closing. Our guests have acquired over 500 businesses and over $53 Billion in Value! Get full access to Mergers And Acquisitions Newsletter™ at mergersandacquisitionsnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe