Chelsea Wood is the Managing Director of Acquisition Lab, a do-it-with-you advisory service helping acquisition entrepreneurs become business owners. She is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) and an Industrial-Organizational (IO) Psychologist focused on maximizing organizational success through human capital.
Chelsea is also the Chief of Staff at Buy Then Build and the Owner of Insightsify. She holds a Green Belt, Six Sigma Certification, a BA in psychology focusing on business administration and organizational communication, and an MA in industrial and organizational psychology.
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Many people want to become entrepreneurs, but is there an alternative to starting one from scratch? Sometimes it makes sense to acquire and claim an existing one as your own. So where and how should you begin the process?
As a seasoned acquisition specialist, Chelsea Wood says there's no right way to buy a business, and the process can be complicated. There is a lot of contradictory advice and varying perspectives when purchasing an existing business, so it's crucial to partner with an expert familiar with the most suitable approach. Chelsea shares how she helps and supports entrepreneurs in each phase of the acquisition process to mitigate their risk.
In this episode of the Quiet Light Podcast, Joe Valley sits down with Chelsea Wood, Managing Director of Acquisition Lab, to discuss recommendations for successfully buying a business. Chelsea explains why people need help buying a business, the Lab's criteria for vetting its clients, the time it takes to acquire a business, and the mistakes people can make along the way.
