due diligence

16 statements across 13 episodes · 7 bullish · 2 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Nov 15, 2021 by Tara Reed · across every show →

Everything said about due diligence, oldest first

Nov 15, 2021 negative
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Reed: Formal technical due diligence is unhelpful for micro-SaaS acquisitions
“I actually worked with a due diligence company, actually, who, like, went to the code base and did all of that work, and I felt like they It just wasn't all that helpful at the deal sites that I was doing to get that level of, like, there were things that were…”
Tara Reed Nov 15, 2021 ▶ 19:22 Startup Acquisition Stories with Tara Reed CEO at Apps Without Code
Nov 15, 2021
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Reed: Due diligence depth is constrained by acquisition deal size
“I think that there is a limited amount of due diligence that you can do depending on the deal size, and so I think I probably over complicated that part of the process when I first got started.”
Tara Reed Nov 15, 2021 ▶ 4:24 Startup Acquisition Stories with Tara Reed CEO at Apps Without Code
Mar 28, 2022 positive
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Casel: Preparing due diligence materials pre-listing drastically reduces in-deal workload
“A lot of the due diligence work, like getting my books in order, getting, you know, just getting the things that I know that they're probably going to ask for doing a lot of that prep work even before I listed helped, helped a lot so that by the time it got in…”
Brian Casel Mar 28, 2022 ▶ 18:02 Startup Acquisition Stories with Brian Casel - Founder of ZipMessage
Jun 6, 2022 negative
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Clueless Buyers in Due Diligence Lack Post-Acquisition Plans
“I think if somebody in due diligence is really clueless what to do, what to ask for, it also kind of shows they don't have any plan on what to do with the business after that”
Tim Schmidbauer Jun 6, 2022 ▶ 13:49 Startup Acquisition Stories with Tim Schmidbauer - Co-Founder of Inlytics
Mar 28, 2023
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Gazdecki: Asset transfer can be harder than due diligence in acquisitions
“Transferring assets can sometimes be harder than due diligence, just because, like, I've heard stories of people having, you know, some really good products or businesses inside of a single AWS account, they got to pull it out Or a Stripe account with multiple…”
Andrew Gazdecki Mar 28, 2023 ▶ 14:50 Startup Acquisition Stories with Lotanna Ezeike, Founder of Creator Check
May 16, 2023 positive
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Stefurak: Recorded walkthrough calls are the most effective due diligence method
“And I think that the most effective way to investigate because buyers can record the section, the session and watched later.”
Igor Stafurak May 16, 2023 ▶ 12:37 Startup Acquisition Stories with Ihor Stefurak, Co-founder of Mentalwalk
May 16, 2023
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Stefurak provides proof of earnings and extra context before buyers ask
“I show proof of earnings and ask for the set of questions, and I'm always proactive at any stage, and I tend to demonstrate and explain more than they ask for.”
Igor Stafurak May 16, 2023 ▶ 12:13 Startup Acquisition Stories with Ihor Stefurak, Co-founder of Mentalwalk
Jul 25, 2023 positive
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Gazdecki: Pitching growth opportunities in diligence prevents deals from falling apart
“When you share that with the buyer doing during due diligence that can exponentially increase the chances of close case, something pops up.”
Andrew Gazdecki Jul 25, 2023 ▶ 16:32 Startup Acquisition Stories with Jeff Richards, Founder of Rayneta
Aug 15, 2023 positive
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Gazdecki: Never stop selling the business after signing an LOI
“When you sign an LOI, don't stop selling. Do not stop selling the business. Like you're going to have all this stuff that the buyer wants. Right. What you should also always do is record like a loom on how marketing works, how sales works, how showcase me, you…”
Andrew Gazdecki Aug 15, 2023 ▶ 41:22 Startup Acquisition Stories with Josh Kim, Founder of The Cubby
Aug 22, 2023
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Gazdecki: A buyer's speed to LOI predicts their pace during due diligence
“The quicker they get to an LOI, or the quicker they get to, you know, responding to questions they ask, or sending you additional questions they may have, that's kind of what Due diligence is going to be like. If it's really slow getting the LOI, if it's reall…”
Andrew Gazdecki Aug 22, 2023 ▶ 21:09 Startup Acquisition Stories with Mark Spera, Co-founder of GrowthBar
Jun 14, 2024
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DiGiorgio: Delaying Cross-Border Legal Work Cost Us a Month in M&A
“If I understood it better, I would have started the process as we started due diligence. And not have lost that month in the due diligence to then start the process.”
Bryan DiGiorgio Jun 14, 2024 ▶ 11:29 Startup Acquisition Stories With Bryan Digiorgio, Founder of 1840 & Company
Jul 24, 2024 neutral
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Metelsky: Due Diligence Strips Away Founder Delusion and Exposes Raw Metrics
“During due diligence, you kind of, maybe as a founder, you yourself, you see, You know, business for what it is. Because sometimes as a founder, you know, it's our it's our child, it's our project, and we care about it. So sometimes, you know, we just say, oh,…”
Viktor Metelsky Jul 24, 2024 ▶ 17:30 Startup Acquisitions Stories Podcast With Victor Metelskiy, Founder of Sitekick.ai
Aug 25, 2025 positive
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Gazdecki: Isolate cloud accounts across startups to simplify due diligence
“Having all of your accounts separate, not having like your AWS account mixed with four other different startups or projects just makes everything so much smoother when you get to due diligence and the transfer stage.”
Andrew Gazdecki Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 15:05 Simple Steps to Get a Bootstrapped AI Startup Acquired
Aug 25, 2025 positive
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Khan: Founders Must Prepare Technical Asset Transfers Before Due Diligence Starts
“Try to build a product that is very easy to transfer and get ready things done before even the due diligence process started, because you, at the end of the day, you have to transfer the assets, right? So be prepared yourself so that there is very less time be…”
Umar Khan Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 14:33 Simple Steps to Get a Bootstrapped AI Startup Acquired
Oct 14, 2025 positive
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Minimal Due Diligence Accelerates Small Software Project Acquisitions
“Because I think because they're small projects, there wasn't a huge amount of due diligence, but so it made it really smooth and quick processes in both cases.”
Tom Ulman Oct 14, 2025 ▶ 11:37 From Two Small Projects to Profitable Exits on Acquire.com
May 26, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Schramm: Acquisition due diligence took two months longer than originally expected
“The process of delivering all the due diligence took a little bit longer, and I was hoping to celebrate probably two months earlier than it actually happened”
Anna Schramm May 26, 2026 ▶ 12:32 An Amazon Brand That Became a Business Sale
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