Top M&A Entrepreneurs

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Jon talks to Antonio & Jason Batallan of the Batallan Group.   The Batallan Group Owns and manages over 200 properties in Florida and they created the infrastructure to successfully acquire and integrate multiple businesses throughout the greater Southeastern market.Show Notes00:00 Intro01:00  How they started 1st Acquisition08:12  After a number of acquisitions,  Did synergies happen as expected?10:34  How do they build to work above the business?12:40  Two acquisitions in 2012,  was it too much to digest?17:35  What are their long term plans - what is goal?24:19  The $8.5 Million Acquisition story38:13  What the brothers do to celebrate successful acquisition?41:00  Big Deal vs Small Deals?41:39  Brothers working together43:07  What did parents pass on to create the foundation for their success?49:27   What was it about Dan Pena that attracted them vs all the others?Linkswww.linkedin.com/in/antonio-batallan-6980a058/www.linkedin.com/in/jason-batallan-47957385/https://thebatallangroup.com/FREE Stuff📧: Sign up for The DealFlowSystem Newsletter - Get the FREE 1.  Debt Stress Test Formula,  2.  100 LinkedIn Connection Request Swipe File,  3.  100 First Seller Meeting Questions   4.  Paper Up NDA Non Circumvent   https://www.dealflowsystem.net/newsle...AboutTop M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast is where we talk to acquisition entrepreneurs active today to ask them about their process, where and how they source their deals, their journey, what they had to overcome, obstacles, Industries they work in, how they analyze deals, valuations, and pricing, negotiating the deal, due diligence, transition planning and closing. Our guests have acquired over 500 businesses and over $53 Billion in Value!

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Jon talks to Steve Divitkos.   Steve was in PE,  became searchers,  acquired a company,  grew it, sold it,  and is now the Founder of Mineola Search Partners, a company that invests in Search Funds, the entrepreneurs who run them, and the companies that they acquire.Show NotesIntro:  00:0000:45  Where did you start and why become a searcher?02:32  What is search fund - what is your cut of acquisition04:48  Why would a search fund investor install you as CEO with ZERO experience?07:39  Are search fund investors putting bets on the jockey or the horse?09:31  How long did it take you to make an acquisition?   11:12  Who structured the deal stack?12:00  Any events that almost torpedo the deal?14:26  How much did investors finance?14:36  How did he 4X equity value?17:36  With zero CEO experience how did you know what to improve?22:10  Was being a CEO everything he thought it was? 25:54  Do you have mentors/masterminds?27:19  After selling Microdea - new role: Investor   30:55  What lessons did you learn as CEO to share as Investor32:26  As investor,  have you allocated capital?33:53  Best advice he received 36:00 Why reach out to Steve & Mineola Search Partners Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-divitkos-76250b2a/https://www.searchfunder.com/profile/steve-divitkos-1FREE Stuff📧: Sign up for The DealFlowSystem Newsletter - Get the FREE 1.  Debt Stress Test Formula,  2.  100 LinkedIn Connection Request Swipe File,  3.  100 First Seller Meeting Questions   4.  Paper Up NDA Non Circumvent   https://www.dealflowsystem.net/newsle...AboutTop M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast is where we talk to acquisition entrepreneurs active today to ask them about their process, where and how they source their deals, their journey, what they had to overcome, obstacles, Industries they work in, how they analyze deals, valuations, and pricing, negotiating the deal, due diligence, transition planning and closing. Our guests have acquired over 500 businesses and over $53 Billion in Value!

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Jon talks to Dominic Wells,  CEO of Onfolio Holdings about his plan to take his Ecommerce Acquisition Holding company public on NASDAQ.  

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar BusinessJon Stoddard talks to Michael Loftus,  Owner Connor's Landscaping.   Michael owns a commercial landscape business based out of Orange County. He is Rolling up companies in the landscaping space. He has completed 3 acquisitions to date. Show notes00:00   Intro00:25   Started from scratch 01:17   getting to the right ebidta for big exit07:35   How he bought from BizBuySell10:14   How to pass on inflation prices to customers18:30   Landscaping: Invisible Service19:51  Seller financing on all deals20:35  Why you don't make changes to acquisitions in first 90 days31:07  Twitter and business deals34:00  Bandwidth:  working above the business 36:04   Who he goes to for advice

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Jon Stoddard talks to Michael Girdley, Chairman Girdley Enterprises , Chairman Jungledisk a Backup/Restore for MSP Cybersecurity,  Chairman & Founder of Dura Software a collection of 10 super niche software companies.  Partner & Co-Founder of Dry Line Partners - a investment firm.  Partner & Founder of Geekdom a venture fund.   Chair and Cofounder of Effectual Ventures a venture studio.  Cofounder of Red Runner Coffee.   Cofounder at HireWithNear a marketplace for Latem Talent.  Chair & Cofounder of Codeup a coding bootcamp and Chair of Alamo Fireworks Show Notes:(00:00) - Intro(00:52) - Fireworks was gateway drug (02:00) - Dumb money in SF real estate(02:35) - Incubate or Acquire  "when assets are expensive make...."(03:30) - How does he find his software niche companies - serial acquirer?(04:47) - Revenue on 1st acquisition & ebidta & deal stack(12:09) - Spirit Animal Mark Leonard Constellation Software(15:49) - hiring firing CEOs(17:15) - CEO peer group(20:25) - dinner talk in entrepreneurial family(22:30) - KPI's for Chairman(25:37) - How CEOs coach the chairman(27:47) - decade long plan(28:44) - coffee(31:16) - advice to son or daughter(34:55) - some of best advice ever received

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Jon Stoddard talks to Attorney,  Author and Deal-Maker, Corey Kupfer.    How he dug himself out of a $325k debt hole.  How is mess became his message.   How to negotiate your life and deals - to success. Links:  www.coreykupfer.comwww.linkedin.com/in/coreykupfer-----Show Notes:(00:00) - Intro(01:26) - Negotiating out of the big hole - paying back every dollar(08:16) - Did what he tells his clients to do 1. Clarity 2.  Equilibrium 3.  Detachment(14:55) - Clear path: CPR  Context, Purpose, Results (17:18) - First question is always, "Why?"(21:00) - Questions, People he goes to, to Center Yourself(26:33) - What client attraction methods he uses - How to stay top of mind(37:25) - John Bly CPA(39:01) - two styles,  negotiating with equilibrium - and the bully

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  27 + Acquisitions,  82 Years Old and Still Going, James P. Shanahan GP at JPS ManagementAuthor:  The Accidental Entrepreneur: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom Through Successful Business Acquisitions Paperback – July 19, 2022https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1667846302/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Immigrated to the US when he was six.   Dressed from clothes from goodwill.  And his wooden shoes. Started in Real Estate as a teen buying single family homes and made $10k the first year.  $100k the 3rd year at 20. By 2006 he had a net worth of $17 MillionAt his height, he owned 2000 properties, and a net worth of $50 Million but lost it all in the 2008 crashThe lesson:  Single family homes did not scale.   Contrary to initial opinion,  It was not the debt.  The secret to digging out of the hole – which is the formula for success,1.     Knowing what you want. 2.     Surrounding yourself with people that want more out of life. 3.     Help others to help yourself.  I asked Rod about raising interest rates. Predicts a Recession coming – and his being super conservative with deals.  One big difference this time, he has a podcast with 12 Million Downloads. Started using the Social Capital to raise capital in syndications – 506 c3s To get to 12 Million downloads – A. Add Value and B. Be Consistent.  And, its not what you say, but how you make people feel. Do this and success is inevitable.  Rod talked the journey back and his purchase of a Florida beach front $8 Million house – which turned out to be an empty victory and what he ultimately did for Fulfillment Rod does not call business failures “failures” but seminars. 

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Grew 4 Dental Locations to 31then sold to PE - Vincent Cardillo CEO of Maeva Dental AdvisorsIn 28 months. PE firm that acquired Huron Capital $500 Million Fund. Dental is $119 Billion IndustryPeople he goes to for inspiration - family, Joe Polish, Peter Diamandis, Dan Sullivan. Brought to you by DealFlowSystem.net -  Guaranteed to Fill Your Deal Flow Pipeline with 5 to 10 Motivated Business Sellers Every 30 Days

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  $38M in Revenue/$10M EBITDA from 9+ Acquisitions Thomas Le Maguer  CEO of Republix.comEpisode 59LinkedIntoLeadsArcaneERATIONAL MarketingMedia MechanicstagSourceStrikenoodlewavebant.ioPedestalBrought to you by DealFlowSystem.net -  Guaranteed to Fill Your Deal Flow Pipeline with 5 to 10 Motivated Business Sellers Every 30 Days