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 […]
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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 19. 3 Year Build. $4MM in Sales. 6 Months to Sell. Repeat! – Chris Nowak
Summary: 1 SBA Loan2 Competing Offers3 Years to Build4 Million in Revenue5 Nights in Cabo6 Months to Close Chris built his company to around $4M in sales and sold his business in just 3 short years. The buyer used an SBA loan, the sales process took 6 months to close and now he wants to repeat it […]
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 […]