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Cash Flows Over Exits: Buying for the Long Term
Sensing untapped potential, Mark Olivito paid cash for a project-based construction business with less than $100k SDE.
Topics in Mark’s interview:
Buy…2 years, 10 months ago
Skip the SBA: Buying a $4m Biz with a Conventional Loan
Ben Bryer worked with a financial backer to find & buy a 65-year-old niche manufacturing business without an SBA loan.
Topics in Ben’s interview:
Spen…2 years, 10 months ago
Doing It His Way: First-Timer Buys 2 at Once
Mike Okhravi left a cushy tech career to buy a towing business & a flooring business — and within 30 days of each other.
Topics in Mike’s interview:
W…2 years, 10 months ago
The Upside & Downside of Search, from a 20-Year Veteran
A fireside chat with veteran searcher & investor Kent Weaver recorded at the Self-Funded Search Conference in Dallas.
Topics in Kent's interview:
Kent…2 years, 10 months ago
Passion, Meet EBITDA: The Joy of Buying an Art Gallery
Sean Moore looked at a handful of businesses, but a fine art gallery with over $1m SDE won the art collector's heart.
Topics in Sean’s interview:
Pull…2 years, 10 months ago
Growing EBITDA from $750k to $2m: Time to Sell?
John Hubbard returns to share how "chasing EBITDA over revenue" has benefited the trailer fabricator he bought in 2021.
Topics in John’s interview:
Lo…2 years, 11 months ago
How to Buy a SaaS Business with an SBA Loan
It CAN be done. Andrew Swiler acquired a SaaS business with $650k SDE using an SBA loan (and while living in Spain).
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Why…2 years, 11 months ago
Boom, Bust, Boom: Buying a Whiplash Business
Chandler Reed reflects on buying a project-based business in 2021, seeing sales soar, then crash, then surge again.
Topics in Chandler’s interview:
Hi…2 years, 11 months ago
Partnering with an Operator to Buy a Business
Landon Mance bought a $1.7m tree business alongside a minority partner who's operated the business full-time from Day 1.
Topics in Landon’s interview…
2 years, 11 months ago
How to Survive Going from Hedge Funds to SMB Owner
Neil Finneran had worked in hedge funds & as a CFO when the opportunity to buy a pest control business presented itself.
Topics in Neil’s interview:
H…2 years, 11 months ago