Beshore bought his first business with zero capital using an SBA loan
Brent Beshore · Mastering Micro Private Equity: Brent Beshore's Strategy for Wealth Generation · Jan 26, 2023 · at 48:25
Brent Beshore, founder of Permanent Equity, recounts acquiring his first business with no capital and no prior corporate finance background.
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“I called a local lawyer that I had at the time whenever I had the opportunity to buy my first business. It was very, I had no capital. I took out an SBA loan and I said, okay, so what do we do next? And he said, well, we needed a due diligence. So I literally typed into Google DO diligence, due diligence, right? And then it pops up DUE diligence.”
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