Top M&A Entrepreneurs

E: 10 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Adam Lyons 20+ acquisitions and has worked on 100s. The story of the start of his deal making career...10ish years later, 20 plus acquisitions. Since then, he has worked on 100s of deals negotiating for buyer and sellers. And... coaches over 700 CEOs. Why he Shares all deals with Roland Frasier. How and why you want to "acquire the costs of the company". How & where he gets is leads for acquisitions. How he follows Richard Branson's ecosystem acquisition strategy. How he structures his business where he is an employee and working above the business. To date, his businesses are doing 40% growth month over month.

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar BusinessSharon Brown has completed 9 deals. Her First acquisition was a SaaS company from Denmark. Buys 100% of company. Offers sellers 60 Day Deferred Down Payment. Then scrambles to pay for it with sponsors. First acquisition paid for by Motorola. Did she know people at Motorola? Nope. Why she does not use zoom videos calls when prospecting. Why Creating the prospect funnel is critical to achieving successful acquisition. How, and why, she creates a process and systems to work above the business - has built a back-office focused on automation. 

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  E8: Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Terry Williamson Proximity to Power.  Roland Frasier's partner on Dog Ecom project.   Hub & Spoke, Amazon FBA, FB group...everything for a dog roll up.    What you need: Passion, Skillset, Demand.    Current project has a social/giving aspect.  Added 29 employees in last 60 days.   How to control your Exit.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  E:7 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Jeramiah Townsend, 5 companies, the Entrepreneurial push from his father-in-law.  (Jeramiah is surrounded with the love of family) Sticky situation negotiating with 5 sellers, read that again, 5 family owners - and the sad ending. He has used the pipe-wrench strategy before EPIC.  His self-deprecating humor makes for a great interview.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  E:6 Top M&A Entrepreneurs, John Gorst, 7 companies, 165 point Due Diligence Checklist.   Lived through the gyrations of Cannabis 1.0 to Cannabis 2.0.  Integration is hard.  Acquisitions are hard.  Not recommended for every company.  Culture critically important.  His plans?  No acquisitions for immediate future until he finishes what is on his plate.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  E:5 Top M&A Entrepreneurs, John Bly, 23 Acquisitions 19 CPA and 4 in Fitness Companies, (sold a few too)  Author:  Cracking the Code - An Entrepreneur's Guide to Growing Your Business Through Mergers and Acquisitions for Pennies on the Dollar.  700 people working for him.   Consults with 10+ clients a year to help them acquire companies.  How he charges clients.  How he works "above the business"  - spending less than an hour a month on each acquisition.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Dominic Wells, EPIC 2, 38 Content Ecom Acquisitions. Lives in Taiwan, originally from UK. Joined EPIC with idea to create course on buying businesses - dropped idea quickly. Doing so well that he raised fund to pay for Acquisitions @investinOnfolio.com. Had one seller basically give him a business. 38 businesses later, plans to move HQ to the US, raise capital with Reg A+ and go public with direct listing on the OTC markets.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Mark "I Buy Revenue" McRae  10 Acquisitions,  3 since EPIC, another EPIC OG. Started his first business at 7 years old.  Made more money than his parents at the swap meet.  His model:  He buys "Revenue".  A Warren Buffet fan.   Buy boring business, 10 years old, never a losing year,  healthy margins, management stays.   Acquires for time freedom.  Outsource and put systems in place.

 Take the Business Buyer Readiness Assessment →  Over 8 Acquisitions since EPIC.  Chasing the "whale" acquisition.  Why he lost it.  What he learned.  How he recovered.  Building $100 Million in Dry powder for the next Acquisition.  Why he loves doing this.