Summary: In this week’s episode, Coran sits down for a chat with Kevin Graham on his podcast Founder Mindset. During the interview, they discuss a number of topics including how Coran found his passion for buying and selling, of which he’s done both, and his goal to get a piece of a billion dollar transaction that […]
TAE 22: Building the first DTC Private Equity Brand – Brent Beshore
Summary: Brent Beshore is the CEO of Adventur.es which went from acquiring companies using debt and equity, to raising a $50M fund. Now they look at over 2,000 deals per year for their Direct to Consumer (DTC) fund.Show notes:About Adventur.esBuying criteria & diversificationFinancing dealsMessy Marketplace – Buyer typesCompeting on Price versus competing on termsSeller motivationGood & […]
TAE 21: $3 Billion Invested Now Looking For Consumer Brands – Brien Davis
Summary: Brien Davis from Partner at Altacrest Capital, with his partners have completed over $3 billion of investments during their 20+ year careers. Today we’ll be talking about their acquisition of Barton Watch Bands, an Austin based consumer product company. Show notes:Brien’s backgroundDeal flow (what made them want to acquire Barton watches)Why having the founder equity in […]
TAE 20: $200M+ In SBA Loans For E-commerce Acquisitions – Stephen Speer
Summary: Stephen has closed over $200M in SBA loans for e-commerce business acquisitions. Find out why SBA Loans are so popular and also why buyers and sellers should have an SBA lender on their deal team even before buying or selling a business. Show notes:How Stephen started in e-commerce lendingWhat’s changed in this time?Will SBA loans change […]
TAE 18: $25M In Annual Revenue Via Acquisitions – Shakil Prasla
Summary: In today’s episode we talk to Shakil Prasla who has acquired a number of e-commerce business to reach over $25M in annual revenue through more than 7 acquisitions.Show notes:About ShakilHow & why Shakil started acquiring brandsFinancing the acquisitions (bring on partners)Analysing deals & deal criteriaTaking over an operations teamsShakil’s toughest deal to closeHow Shakil looks […]
TAE EP 17: What It Takes To Close Deals 4 Real Examples – Coran Woodmass
Summary: Today’s episode is with your host Coran Woodmass breaking down four real world examples of consumer product brands that sold for $1MM, $10MM, $100MM and $1B. Coran discusses what drives value from the buy-side in each of these transactions and how to think about this if you want to sell your business in the future.Show […]