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Ep 44: How Will Inflation Impact SMEs and Acquisitions? Sara Yates [Novastone Capital Advisors]
This week, we speak with Sara Yates, CFA. Sara is an experienced economist (Ex JPMorgan, Barclays, UBS), property entrepreneur, and ambassador for the Novastone Capital Advisors Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program. In this timely e
Ep 43: Asset-Backed Loan Options for Acquisition Financing - Paul Leitao [Founder: Mercurio Capital]
This week, we speak with Paul Leitao, Founder of Mercurio Capital - a corporate finance company that arranges financing for small and medium-sized businesses. In this episode, Paul discusses the alternatives to cash flow loans for acquisiti
Ep 42: Building a Diversified Portfolio of 53 SMEs [with $600M In Revenue]- Brad Nathan [President : Lynx Equity]
This week, we speak with Brad Nathan, President at Lynx Equity - a private equity firm that specializes in buying companies in stable, "old world" industries. Lynx Equity has built a diversified portfolio of small business with revenue over
Ep 41: Wisdom Gained Backing 20+ Entrepreneurial Acquisitions/ Year - Jan Simon [Managing Partner : Vonzeo Capital Partners]
This week, we speak with Jan Simon, a Managing Partner at Vonzeo Capital Partners - a global institutional investor in search funds that invests in 20+ search funds, and 10 follow-on acquisitions, annually. Jan is also the academic director
Ep 40: Building Ultra-Successful Companies in the Financial Services Sector - James Kaberry [Chairman: SME Capital, Titan Wealth Holdings]
This week, we speak with James Kaberry, Founder and Chairman of SME Capital, a bespoke SME lender; and Chairman and Co- CEO of Titan Wealth Holdings. James is an entrepreneurs' entrepreneur. After executing a successful buy and build with P
Ep 39: High Stakes M&A: Building the World's Biggest Jewellery Retailer - Gerald Ratner
This week, we speak with Gerald Ratner, former Chairman and CEO of Ratners Jewellers. In this episode, we discuss Gerald's journey from starting in the family business as a high school dropout to eventually taking over the business and turn
Ep 38: Building a Portfolio of UK SMEs - Robert Felters [Wolfgang Capital]
This week, we speak with Robert Felters, a partner of Wolfgang Capital, a private investment business investing in UK SMEs. In this episode, Robert discusses the challenges he faced when he first decided to acquire SMEs, his experience buyi
Ep 37: eCommerce Acquisitions like an FBA Aggregator - Taliesen Hollywood [Founder: Hahnbeck]
This week, we speak with Taliesen Hollywood, Director at Hahnbeck, an M&A sell-side consultancy that focuses on eCommerce businesses. In this episode, Taliesen shares his insights on the eCommerce M&A space and the rise of FBA aggregators,
Ep 36: 3 Easy Steps to Accelerate you Deal Origination - Doug Lawson [CEO, MarktoMarket]
This week, we speak with Doug Lawson, CEO & Co-Founder of Mark to Market, one of the UK's most comprehensive and easily searchable database of private market intelligence. In this episode, Doug shares why he decided to launch Mark to Market
Ep 35: How to Utilise Free Cash Flow to Acquire 30+ Companies in 7 years – Trish Higgins [Chenmark Capital]
This week, we speak with Trish Higgins, who, along with her husband and brother-in-law, left Wall Street and set up Chenmark Capital in Portland, Maine. Chenmark is focused on the acquisition and long-term ownership of small businesses. In
Ep 34: So You Want to Acquire a Small Business?
This week Paul addresses some of the common concerns and questions he gets about searching to acquire a small business. Acquisition entrepreneurship is expanding beyond the typical MBA ecosystem but many of the new listeners are not sure wh
Ep 33: Royalty Financing: A Compelling Alternative to Debt and Equity Financing - Neil Johnson [CEO Duke Royalty]
This week, we speak with Neil Johnson, Founder and CEO of Duke Royalty, a "royalty investment company" that provides a unique financing solution to companies without raising equity or taking on traditional debt. In this episode, Neil dives
Ep 32: Is your Finance Function Setup for Growth? w/ Andrew Lynch
This week, we speak with Andrew Lynch, Finance Director at EMT Healthcare, a third-generation family-owned business. In this episode, we discuss what it takes to build a robust finance function for your SME, common cash flow problems and ho
Ep 31: How to Acquire 3 Robotics Companies in 3 Countries [Simultaneously] - Sebastien Perroud
This week, we speak with Sebastien Perroud, Chairman and Group CEO of the IAR group, an international automation and robotics group that was set up to acquire three separate entities in the USA, Portugal, and Switzerland. In this episode, S
Ep 30: Secrets From a Former Business Broker- Rob Goddard
This week, we speak with Rob Goddard, a former sell-side broker turned business buyer in the UK. Rob also helps fellow business owners achieve an attractive exit through private client mentoring. In this episode, Rob shares his insights and
Ep 29: Cedric Sigoire - Acquiring 13 Translation Agencies in 7 Years
This week, we speak with Cedric Sigoire, the owner of DEMAN Translations group, a full-service translation agency specialising in B2B translations. Cedric acquired DEMAN in 2015 and has since continued to add on acquisitions, as he builds h
Ep 28: Living and Breathing SMEs - Ibrahim Abdel Rahim [Moonbase Capital]
This week we speak with Ibrahim Abdel Rahim, Managing Partner of Moonbase Capital. Moonbase Capital invest in SMEs by backing ambitious Search Fund entrepreneurs. Ibrahim has grown up around SMEs, joining his father's business at a young ag
Ep 27: Phil Fraser - The 18 Year Journey to Exit [To a Public Company]
This week we speak with Phil Fraser, founder of WhichBingo - UK's largest online Bingo directory. From his kitchen table, Phil grew WhichBingo for 18 years, before selling it in 2018. Phil now advises other companies and founders through Th
Ep 26: Octillion Capital Partners - eCommerce Acquisitions with a Sustainable Focus
This week we speak with Ayo Disu and Kunle Campbell of Octillion Capital Partners (OCP). OCP is an eCommerce acquisition company that acquires, operates, and builds culture-defining, socially conscious consumer brands. In this episode we di
Ep 25: 3 Reasons the UK Acquisition Ecosystem is Different [For SMEs]
This week Paul dives deep into the UK small-business M&A ecosystem. The goal of the episode is to give searchers a resource to help them make smart decisions early-on, helping to optimise their business buying journey. Paul walks through va
Ep 24: Kison Patel - M&A Best Practices [From An Expert]
This week we speak with Kison Patel, founder and CEO of M&A Science. Kison has spent ±20 years advising, executing, and optimising M&A transactions. In this episode, we run through the deal lifecycle and discuss best practices and common mi
Ep 23: Dhaval Shah - How To Acquire In The Logistics Sector
This week we speak with Dhaval Shah, the proud owner of two UK logistics companies that he acquired within the last year. Dhaval continues to focus on acquiring companies in the logistics sector, from technology, warehousing, distribution t
Ep 22: Claire Chandler - Helping Acquisition Entrepreneurs Integrate The Right People
This week we speak with Claire Chandler, founder of TalentBoost, a company focused on helping acquisition entrepreneurs validate and integrate the employees of potential acquisition targets. We all know that small businesses are reliant on
Ep 20: Sam Turner: Insights Acquiring An HVAC Company
This week we speak with Sam Turner, founder of Advantos HVAC Group. Sam is an experienced corporate executive who has recently closed his first acquisition and aims to build a group of HVAC companies. In this episode we discuss Sam's acquis
Ep 19: Carl Lundberg - Financial Due Diligence Best Practices
This week we speak with Carl Lundberg, partner at Gerald Edelman, a top 50 accounting firm with an affinity for assisting entrepreneurial SMEs. Carl's specialism is corporate finance, in particular transaction services including financial d
Ep 18: Dr Gautum Basu [True North Search] - Accelerating Your ETA Journey
This week we speak with Dr Gautum Basu, co-founder of True North Search, an ETA accelerator. Gautam has +30 years experience executing M&A transactions and implementing operational improvements for PE portfolio companies, Fortune 500 firms,
Ep 17: Koji Bratcher - SME Valuation Concepts [From An Expert]
This week we speak with Koji Bratcher, a valuation and financial advisory expert. Koji has provided financial modelling and analytics services to hundreds of businesses, ranging from private, early-stage companies to publicly-traded Fortune
Ep 16: David and Paul - Search Updates and Career Moves
In this week's episode we discuss updates on Paul and David's search journey. You will hear more about why David decided to leave his job and search full time and we also go through some of the deals we are looking at, proposed deal structu
Ep 15: Daniel Gilbert - From Parents' Attic To Global PE-Backed Acquisitions
This week we speak with Daniel Gilbert, founder and CEO of Brainlabs. Daniel started Brainlabs in his parents attic back in 2012 with a mission of making marketing more scientific. Since then, Brianlabs has grown to 400+ staff across 8 citi
Ep 14: Callum Fitches - Building A Security Business From The Ground Up
After starting as an apprentice in the fire and security industry, Callum went on to launch his own security company. During the episode, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of being a young operator in the industry, the lack of qua
