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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #53, the whole episode is dedicated to a single dealmaker. We’re going to hear from Andy Doyle, from weheartdigital Ltd – who has bought three business over the last twelve months, starting from scratch. He’ll talk about how he got started, his journey so far, and his plans for the coming months and year ahead.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #52, we hear from James McGregor from Macer Finance, who talks about how a finance broker works, why you might need one – and a number of different ways to raise money for an acquisition.

As usual, I’ll be answering your webinar viewer and podcast listener questions …

And I’ll be introducing you to Mark Philips, a company administrator, who’ll be sharing his advice on how to buy a business out of administration.

As always, lots of ground to cover – so let’s get started …

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #51, we’re going to meet Dean and Kia Cox, who run one of a very small number of insurers specialising in personal guarantee insurance. I answer a webinar question about ways to avoid answering that common question: “How much are you going to buy my company for?” And we will be getting expert advice from my own trusted accountant, Jeff – who talks about assets vs shares, as well as the tax implications of buying a business with a number of contractors and freelancers.

As always, lots of ground to cover – so let’s get started …

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #50, we’re going to meet another of our mastermind members – Simon – who shares his journey of growing through the acquisition of other software companies to bolt on to his current business.

We’ll be answering two more webinar viewer’s questions – one about ways to resurrect stalled negotiations – and the other about negotiating deferred consideration rather than cash.

And we’ll be hearing from asset finance specialist Clive Parry, who discusses invoice financing, and the benefits it brings to a dealmaker or a newly acquired business.

As always, lots of ground to cover – so let’s get started

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #49,we’re going to meet mastermind member Paul – who owns a plumbing and heating business – and he shares with us his experiences of deal sourcing, acquiring mailing lists and sending out a simple mailshot in his quest to acquire other businesses to bolt on to his own.

We’ll be answering two webinar viewer’s questions – one about interpreting the data about a business that you can download from Companies House – and the other about ways to respond when asked for a personal guarantee.

And finally we’ll be hearing from another MM member who wondered whether keeping the existing owner on would help or hinder his valuation of the business.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #48, we talk balance sheets, and what you should be looking out for.

I’ll answer a webinar question about recurring revenue models. And we’ll continue a discussion we started in episode 45 about being clear about the sort of business you are looking to acquire – this time we look at the sizeof the business.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #47, I answer a question about buying a company out of administration. We’ll look at personal positioning, and whether it’s better to approach a business owner as yourself, or as a business or corporate entity. And I’ll be sharing a deal maker tip with you about discounted deferred consideration.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #46, we’re going to consider the importance of personal credibility and confidence to a dealmaker. We’ll hear from Scott, another of our mastermind students, about the deals he has put together since joining the programme. And we’ll eavesdrop on an informal conversation I had with my accountant last week, when I asked him about the first thing to consider – from an accountancy perspective – when acquiring a business.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #45, we’re going to meet mastermind member and podcast subscriber Phil – who discusses his experiences of deal sourcing in his quest to acquire residential children’s homes to add to his existing portfolio.

We’ll be answering a webinar viewer’s question about valuing a business where replacing the directors would result in the business barely breaking even.

And we will discuss why it’s important to be very clear and strict about the sorts of business that you are interested in acquiring.

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Welcome to the podcast where you find all the very best information on how to buy and sell businesses and become a successful dealmaker. In Business Buying Strategies podcast #44, we’ll be playing another extract from an interview Jonathan gave at Business Connections Live.

We’ll also be answering two webinar viewer questions – one about the rationale behind rollups, and the other about how to handle the initial meeting with the seller of a business.

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