Take Five #068: Due diligence blind spots, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #069: Step-by-step business-buying process, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #082: Benefits of implementing an Entrepreneurial Operating System, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #081: Post-close seller relationships: what can go right, wrong, and sideways, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #070: Buyer brings $40K to $2.5M business purchase, gets 80% equity, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #080: A residential services sales process bringing in ~$10M/year, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #071: How to structure a purchase deal with investors as a self-funded searcher, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #072: Small business valuation guide, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #073: SBA 7a approval process and SOP questions answered, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #079: 4 types of HoldCos and when to tap into them, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #078: How to optimize business cashflow, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #074: 4-month formula to get profits flowing post-purchase, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #077: How to snowball a $300,000 SMB purchase into a $100M HoldCo, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #076: How to create a business plan you'll actually use, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #075: Warren Buffett’s financial statement rules of thumb, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #057: The biggest mistake SMBs make with their finances, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #056: Updates on Debt Ceiling Deal for SMBs, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #055: EF's State of the Industry Report 2023, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #053: What you missed about the Stanford Search Fund Study, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #052: How to harness ChatGPT for buying and operating businesses

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #051: Results from the 2023 SaaS CEO Survey show higher multiples, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #050: 8 steps (and tools) for launching a proprietary search in 3 days, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #049: How are PE firms funding billion dollar buyouts? ARR loans

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #047: How one holdco with $2 billion in revenue last year acquires one company a month

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #046: Japan’s business owners are giving away their companies, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #045: How one PE pro evaluates deals with some simple back-of-the-napkin math, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #044: The blueprint to acquiring a 3.7M business without putting any money in

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #043: Which KPIs are the most important, according to someone who has acquired 37 businesses, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #042: The 13 questions you should be asking to identify great deals

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #041: Here’s what sellers are really thinking, and more

Top five must-reads this week in the world of SMB acquisitions and operations

Take Five #040: How one pro bought 20 businesses last year, and plans on acquiring 40 more this year

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #039: The 2023 Self-Funded Search Study, with data from 250 searchers, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #038: The 27 best threads for small business & entrepreneurship in 2022 and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #037: “Congratulations, you have structured a deal that does not work” and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #036: 136 comments to the question: “Has anyone bought a business without prior industry experience?” and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #035: Why the next 8 weeks are vital for sourcing (and talking to sellers!) and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #034: How to REALLY speak to a seller (and prevent your deal from blowing up) & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #033: How ETA will change from a small, niche community into a professional asset class larger than VC, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #032: The gory details of what it takes to get a deal done, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #031: Are searchers the most hated buyers to work with? One man’s take, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #030: The most straightforward way for anyone to become a millionaire, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #029: Are rollups the most predictable way to get wealthy? ($10m-$50m)

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #028: How one entrepreneur put in $50K, kept 85% ownership, and got a $5M loan for a $12M business

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #027: A 49-tweet masterclass on how to structure your mini-Berkshire Hathaway, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #026: What sort of trends are bankers seeing in the SMB market? and more

Take Five #025: Maintain discipline. Kill deals. Win the SMB search.

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #024: Why EBITDA can be a terrible measure of profitability

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #022: A business with 87% EBITDA profit margin, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #021: “What's the BEST tip you've learned about buying companies?”

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #020: A real life play-by-play of the first day post-acquisition

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #019: Turns out Eggcartons.com was a wildly profitable business acquisition, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #018: How rate hikes and inflation have impacted acquisitions, & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

One Email, 100,000+ deals: Your 3-Minute Quick Start Guide to Kumo

Learn how to get set up on Kumo in 3 minutes

Take Five #017: “I bought 3 companies in 6 months. Would I do it again?” and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #016: “What am I missing about the holdco hype?” and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #015: The best question to ask a seller about their company & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #014: Why you need to dream bigger and stop going for 500k SDE businesses, and more

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Take Five #013: The 7 Biggest Mistakes When Buying a Business & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #012: Send this blueprint of the $10 trillion dollar tsunami to a friend, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #011: The easiest way to start making $300k a year & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #010: Our Beta is Live!

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #009: “We now know who is rich in America. And it’s not who you might have guessed.”

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #008: How far you can go with a partnered search (instead of going solo), and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #007: The State of the SMB Market (as of May 2022) and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #006: The Practical Guide to How to Make $2M in 18 Months, and more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Our First Booth-Kellogg Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) Conference

We got the chance to attend the 8th Annual Booth-Kellogg ETA Conference as a sponsor. We loved chatting with search enthusiasts from around the world about their process and pain points to finding businesses to acquire, own, and operate.

Take Five #005: The Maslov Hierarchy of Acquisition Needs and why recurring revenue is overrated, & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Take Five #004: Where self-funded searchers have an advantage over traditional search funds, and more

Take Five #003: With 10k Baby Boomers retiring daily, there's a business opportunity there & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

3 Strategies to Protect your Mental Health During Your SMB / ETA Search

Three strategies that helped us keep moving forward when searching full-time, and ultimately got us to a successful acquisition

Not All Business Brokers are Created Equal

Four red flags to look for working with business brokers and how to find a great one

Take Five #002: Entrepreneurship is hard, but this even harder

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week

Fortune Favors the Fast: Reflections after closing our first SaaS acquisition

Our Kumo origin story, and notes on what we learned from our first acquisition

Take Five #001: The best road to a net worth of $15M+ & more

Five takeaways we loved at Kumo this week