Business Acquisitions
topic on 4 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
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6 statements about Business Acquisitions, every show
Shelton: Keeping founders at 20% equity de-risks acquisitions and accelerates learning
“I'll get used, I'll buy 80% of the business, not 100. Used to keep 20. And so, for during this transition period, they're really involved in helping me grow this business. That takes a lot of the risk out for me, and it reduces my learning curve because I'm ri…”
Acquisitions strip founders of their ability to use anxiety as fuel
“It really is a challenge to construct some internal buffers around your own anxiety, especially for entrepreneurs who have often used their anxiety or their agitation as fuel to get things done. But in this process, you can only get done what is on your to-do …”
Puri: The best business acquisitions stem from death, divorce, and distress
“The best opportunities come if you can buy a business from somebody who died and the kids don't want to inherit the business from somebody who's going through a divorce and they have to, you know, sell their business or distressed, you know, somebody took on t…”
Wilkinson: Buying Cash-Flowing Businesses Beats Venture Capital
“I think that I'm much better off incubating businesses and buying businesses. Cause it's a very steady, 15 to 30% cash return. And I feel it. I feel the wind in a much bigger way.”
Market Panic Will Let Cash Buyers Acquire Businesses at 20-30% Yields
“You're about to enter an environment where anyone with cash who has a large sum of cash is going to be able to buy a business at say a 20 or a 30% earnings yield, meaning you can buy a business and pay yourself back in two or three years, maybe five years, and…”
Gazdecki: Acquiring a business has a higher success rate than starting one
“It's literally, you have, you know, a 10% chance of success starting a business. I would argue your success, your chances of success when acquiring a business is probably higher because you're skipping over, you know, some of the hardest parts like finding cus…”