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Top M&A Entrepreneurs

Welcome to Top M&A Entrepreneurs – your go-to resource for inspiration, insight, and actionable advice on business buying. Each episode features engaging conversations with business buyers who share their “why” and industry service providers who break down the “how.” Learn from the pros and take your next step toward a successful acquisition with confidence.

Episodes

Andrew Gazdecki - Buying & Selling $500 Million in Micro Technology Startups

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Jon talks to Andrew about building a platform to facilitate the Buying & Selling of $500 Million in Micro Technology Startups Notes: 00:00 Intro 00:47 The origin of MicroAcquire 05:43 How are you different than Flippa? 08:37 Monetization Model 10:50 When sellers are asking for too much money 14:21 How Neil Patel makes money on micro acquisitions 15:15 Who are these startup sellers? 17:58 Who are the buyers on MicroAcquire ...

Aug 22, 202229 minSeason 1Ep. 71

Richard Parker bought/sold 13 companies - sold 100,000 copies of How To Buy A Good Business Course.

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Jon talks to Richard Parker about his journey and the 13 companies he purchased and sold. Then he sold over 100,000 copies of his course "The How To Buy A Good Business At A Great Price". Richard Now runs Roy Street Advisors which represents business owners, prospective buyers, and family offices in their quest to exit or acquire businesses with EBITDA of $1.0 million and higher. Notes 00:00 Intro 00:00 I bought his ...

Aug 15, 202251 minSeason 1Ep. 70

Nate Ginsburg and the Acquisition of Centurica - Due Diligence Top M&A Entrepreneurs Podcast

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Jon talks to Nate Ginsburg from Seller Plex about his recent acquisition of Centurica, the Due Diligence company for Online Acquisitions - FBA's, Ecommerce and SaaS businesses. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:19 Nates Origin Story... 10:10 Jerry, who bought his FBA company, 5 years ahead of Thrasio 11:26 Seller Plex - what does company do? 12:30 Dipping his toes into small acquisitions 17:28 Centurica history & dancing arou...

Aug 14, 202259 minSeason 1Ep. 69

7+ Acquisitions Most Recent $8.5 Million Antonio & Jason Batallan, Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 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 Notes 00:00 Intro 01:00 How they started 1st Acquisition 08:12 After a number of acquisitions, Did synergies happen as expected? 10:34 How do they build to...

Jul 31, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 68

Searcher to CEO and Exit to Search Fund Investor, Steve Divitkos Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 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 Notes Intro: 00:00 00:45 Where did you start and why become a searcher? 02:32 What is search fund - what is your cut of acquisition 04:48 Why would a search fund i...

Jul 25, 202237 minSeason 1Ep. 67

Michael Loftus completed 3 Landscaping Acquisitions E:65 Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Jon 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 notes 00:00 Intro 00:25 Started from scratch 01:17 getting to the right ebidta for big exit 07:35 How he bought from BizBuySell 10:14 How to pass on inflation prices to customers 18:30 La...

Jul 11, 202242 minSeason 1Ep. 65

$100 Million Market Cap Holding Co. E:64 Michael Girdley Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 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. C...

Jul 05, 202239 minSeason 1Ep. 64

$325,000 debt mess to client message, Corey Kupfer Attorney, Deal-Maker, Author E: 63 Top M&A

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 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.com www.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...

Jun 27, 202243 minSeason 1Ep. 63

27 + Acquisitions, 82 Years Old and Still Going, James P. Shanahan GP at JPS Management

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 27 + Acquisitions, 82 Years Old and Still Going, James P. Shanahan GP at JPS Management Author: The Accidental Entrepreneur: A Practical Guide to Financial Freedom Through Successful Business Acquisitions Paperback – July 19, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1667846302/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1...

Jun 15, 20221 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 62

Lost $50M in 2008 Rebound to Multifamily Millionaire with 12 Million Download Coaching

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 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 Million At his height, he owned 2000 properties, and a net worth of $50 Million but lost it all in the 2008 crash The lesson: Single family homes did not scale. Contrary to initial opi...

Jun 06, 202238 minSeason 1Ep. 61

Grew 4 Dental Locations to 31then sold to PE - Vincent Cardillo CEO of Maeva Dental Advisors

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Grew 4 Dental Locations to 31then sold to PE - Vincent Cardillo CEO of Maeva Dental Advisors In 28 months. PE firm that acquired Huron Capital $500 Million Fund. Dental is $119 Billion Industry People 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...

May 31, 202231 minSeason 1Ep. 60

$38M in Revenue/$10M EBITDA from 9+ Acquisitions Thomas Le Maguer CEO of Republix.com

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business $38M in Revenue/$10M EBITDA from 9+ Acquisitions Thomas Le Maguer CEO of Republix.com Episode 59 LinkedIntoLeads Arcane ERATIONAL Marketing Media Mechanics tag SourceStrike noodlewave bant.io Pedestal Brought to you by DealFlowSystem.net - Guaranteed to Fill Your Deal Flow Pipeline with 5 to 10 Motivated Business Sellers Every 30 Days...

May 23, 202249 minSeason 1Ep. 59

How to Commit a $40 Million Deal Flow Fraud. Chris Bentley E:58 Top M&A Entrepreneur

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business How to Commit a $40 Million Deal Flow Fraud. Chris Bentley E:58 Top M&A Entrepreneur Burning Bellatorum: The Story of a Forty Million Dollar Fraud Chris Bentley offers one of the most genuine mea cupla's ever - before the feds levy charges. I did it. I was wrong. I am baring my soul, the guilt is too great. Intriguing read on how fraud is committed. Chris Bentley explains how the fraud diamond happens; Pressure, Oppor...

May 18, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 58

Helped Create over 8000 LOIs - John Warrillow, CEO of ValueBuilder E:57 Top M&A Entrepreneur

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business John Warrillow is the founder of The Value Builder System™ - through his organization, he has helped create over 8000 LOIs Host of Built To Sell Radio Author of the bestselling books; 1. Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, 2. The Automatic Customer: Creating a Subscription Business in Any Industry, and 3. The Art of Selling Your Business: Winning Strategies & Secret Hacks for Exiting on Top....

May 04, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 57

Over 75 Acquisitions Gary Pudles CEO of AnswerNet.com 674 employees $100M to $500M in Revenue

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business How it started for Gary: In 1998, No Money, No Job, wife, two kids, mortgage. How its going: Over 75 Acquisitions CEO of AnswerNet.com 674 employees $100M to $500M in revenue Gary A. Pudles is a “serial entrepreneur” who focuses on helping business people and organizations have more fun in business by executing better and being more profitable. He is actively realizing this goal by teaching and supporting entrepreneurship at m...

Apr 27, 202257 minSeason 1Ep. 55

Ryan Tansom: Intentional Growth/Long Term Value, with End Goal In Mind E: 54 Top M&A Entrepreneur

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Intentional Growth, Focusing on Long Term Value with the End Goal in Mind - through 5 Principles to Clarify Your Vision: 1. Your Drivers 2. Financial Targets 3. Exit Options 4. Increase Value 5. Team of Advisors Ryan Tansom https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-tansom-4a440710/ https://arkona.io/...

Apr 18, 202250 minSeason 1Ep. 54

Mark put 194 Acquisitions Deals together - Top M&A Entrepreneur: Mark Borkowski

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Mark Borkowski put 194 Acquisitions Deals together - Learn why you must have a "Seller In Control Mandate" Top M&A Entrepreneur: Mark Borkowski Learn How did he created his Deal Flow System. Planting seeds. Laws of Attraction. Doing ethical business. PE firms awash with cash. Founder of Cimtek Automation - went public. 🔔 Subscribe and hit the bell to get notified of new interviews! 🙌 Want to collaborate or spon...

Apr 01, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 52

1st Acquisition, 100% No Money Down Earn In E:46 Gia Cilento & Eric Gesinski Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 1st Acquisition, 100% No Money Down Earn In E:46 Gia Cilento & Eric Gesinski Top M&A Entrepreneurs 00:20 Intro to Gia and Eric - why they joined forces 08:20 How they decided on Acquisition Niche 12:15 getting into Jay Abraham 15:00 Breadth of optionality in M&A 18:00 Failing at business - why the goldfish have 10 second memory 22:45 How? (versus envy) 25:59 How much deal source did they do? 29:00 What M&A skil...

Feb 14, 202256 minSeason 1Ep. 45

2 Acquisitions and marching towards $25 Million in Revenue E:47 Peter Oykhman Top M&A Entrepreneur

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 2 Acquisitions and marching towards $25 Million in Revenue E:47 Peter Oykhman Top M&A Entrepreneur 00:04 Intro to Peter Oykhman, originally from Russia 02:01 How big is Core Partners - story of 1st acquisition 05:22 Buying a similar product line 08:50 Why didn't seller go to auction 10:01 What was capital stack for 1st acquisition 12:55 what was ROI on acquisition 13:37 How clean was code 16:08 Why did they sell / mot...

Feb 14, 202252 minSeason 1Ep. 47

45 Acquisitions & Global Citizen Sebastian Amieva Top M&A Entrepreneur E:45

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business E: 45 Top M&A Entrepreneur - Sebastian Amieva 45 Acquisitions Global Citizen Investor | Mentor | M&A Expert 00:05 Sponsor DueDilio 00:36 Intro to Sebastian Amieva calling in from Uruguay 09:46 Can we seller trust financial statements - only with hard assets 16:02 How he start acquiring companies (at 24 years old) 22:35 Number of deals, How he helps them 23:22 How he helps clients with 1st acquisition - is it all about ...

Feb 06, 202258 minSeason 1Ep. 45

Worked on 117 Acquisitions over career $5 Billion value , Nick Bradley E:44 Top M&A Entrepreneurs

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business 00:07 Sponsor - DueDilio 00:34 Intro to Nick Bradley he has worked on 117 Acquisitions over career 03:37 How do you EXIT a business 06:47 Breaking CEO's mind by pitching idea to grow by 50% to 100% per year 11:10 Stories to tell to help CEO's grow. Creating A Life-Changing Number Exit 17:01 Numbers on businesses sold -what is your highest value? 23:30 What you want to reach out to your buyer 12 month before selling 2...

Feb 01, 202255 minSeason 1Ep. 44

E:43 Joseph B. Anderson 13 Acquisitions with Revenues over $1.3 billion

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Joseph B Anderson. WestPoint graduate, Vietnam Veteran Served 13 years in Army, Featured in the movie “The Anderson Platoon”. After Vietnam, became plant manager for GM - responsible for $1 billion in revenue. Left GM to buy his first acquisition, Chivas Products Limited. Inherited a lot of debt, leveraged everything, sought bankruptcy protection. From that experience, Developed a signature turn around strategy. Chairman and C...

Jan 23, 202233 minSeason 1Ep. 43

E:42 Top M&A Entrepreneurs - Tom Shipley raised $100 million for ecommerce acquisitions - Add a ZERO

🚀 Get My Free Book! 📖 How to Buy Your First Million Dollar Business Great conversation with Tom Shipley. Tom sold $2billion through Atlantic Coast Brands and raised $100 million for ecommerce acquisitions - Why you need to Add a ZERO to your opportunity. 00:09 Sponsor DueDilio com 00:43 Introduction to Tom Shipley Launched Foundry, Atlantic Coast Brands 01:43 Major shift in life - moved to Israel and joined Israel Special Forces 03:01 Learning the "Power of the Impossible" Focus and ...

Jan 16, 202253 minSeason 1Ep. 42