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
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…”
Nov 15, 2021
Mar 28, 2022 positive
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…”
Jun 6, 2022 negative
Mar 28, 2023
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…”
May 16, 2023 positive
May 16, 2023
Jul 25, 2023 positive
Aug 15, 2023 positive
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…”
Aug 22, 2023
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…”
Jun 14, 2024
Jul 24, 2024 neutral
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,…”
Aug 25, 2025 positive
Aug 25, 2025 positive
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…”
Oct 14, 2025 positive