What to look for when buying a small business | My First Million Podcast

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The guest discusses their approach to acquiring small and mid-sized businesses through their holding company. They look for durable, defensible businesses with strong leadership teams that are at an inflection point—too big to stay small but too small to be big—and explain how they identify acquisition targets and navigate deal-making.

Key takeaways

• The guest prioritizes durability and competitive moats: they seek businesses with something unusual or protected about their market position, avoiding commodity plays across diverse sectors like pool construction, retail products, and military staffing
• Strong leadership teams are critical: the guest targets companies where founders/CEOs have excellent operational skills but lack systems and talent to scale, and they assess whether leaders actually want to grow versus just grinding through
• Acquisition deals are complex and fragile, with roughly 400 decision points that can derail the process, so the guest focuses early on whether price and terms can realistically align between buyer and seller

Episode details: published April 23, 2020 · 887 views · 3:42 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The business ideas, figures and results discussed are the hosts’ and guests’ own claims, shared as brainstorming and entertainment — not verified facts and not investment advice.

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