Business Buying Strategies from The Dealmaker's Academy

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 174 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. Now as much as I enjoy talking with many of the dealmakers who have made successful acquisitions after joining my programme, I also enjoy being interviewed myself. Last year it was a pleasure to be interviewed by Rob Craven, the managing director of the Directors Center. Rob advises clients on running and growing a business - So he was keen to learn about buying and selling businesses from my own perspective. Now it's a forty-five minute interview, a little bit longer than our usual podcast episodes, but we didn't want to edit anything out because it felt like such a great interview. So sit back and enjoy it. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 173 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. Back in October 2020, that's episode 104, I talked with serial business buyer Peter Lidgitt. Peter bought nine UK businesses in 2020, totalling £20m in revenue – all whilst being locked down for most of the year at his home in France. Eighteen months on, I was keen to hear what Peter has been up to since. Now for the first couple of minutes of our discussion, our broadband signal was extremely patchy. So rather than inflict that on you, we'll pick up our conversation at the point where I asked Peter about the effect that the pandemic had on the flower business he owned when we first met. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 172 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. From time to time, I meet someone who just 'gets' dealmaking - and who then graduates from my programme with the right attitude, determination and most importantly the right strategy to make successful acquisitions. Nick Manuel is a really good example. He's actually been on the podcast before - back when he was just starting out on his business buying journey. Recently, I invited him to one of my live mastermind group meetings to tell his story, and to bring me up to date with his progress. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 171 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. Now back in episode 117 of the podcast, in January of last year, we met mergers and acquisitions specialist Rob Goddard - and talked about what it takes to sell a business quickly and effectively. Since then, Rob has been applying his skills and knowledge of selling businesses to acquiring them - and has just completed his first acquisition - a large accountancy practice with 45 staff and a turnover of £2m. This week Rob and I talk about how he pulled the deal off. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 170 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. This week, we're going to tune in to one of my live mastermind group meet ups, where I invited Andy Doyle to speak. Now Andy was on my business acquisition mastermind program a couple of years ago, and we're going to discover how he's bought five businesses since then and how he's taken his turnover from 600,000 a year to 2.3 million pounds a year at the same time. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 169 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. This week, we're going to go behind the scenes of one of my live mastermind group meet ups, where I invited some of the audience up to the front of the room to tell everyone how their business acquisitions are progressing. Our students find it incredibly motivating to learn from others, and to hear about the strategies that have worked, as well as the mistakes they make along the way. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 168 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. This week we continue our discussion about the legal aspects of acquiring a business with Jonathan's go to lawyer, John Andrews. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 167 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. This week, and in next week's episode, we consider the legal aspects of acquiring a business with Jonathan's go to lawyer, John Andrews. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 166 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. This week, Jonathan talks with Sam Turner, who gave up a lucrative corporate career to become a dealmaker in the HVAC sector. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI

Hello this is Jonathan Jay - and welcome to episode 165 of the Business Buying Strategies podcast. Just before Christmas I met up online with John Corney, another of my mastermind clients. When I first met John, he had just sold his internet services businesses to a large aggregator for a considerable sum - but it had taken him nearly 25 years to reach that milestone. And whilst John was in no mood to retire, he was looking for a new business, one that could grow much faster and with less direct input from him. The thought of dealmaking appealed to John and the rest, as they say is history. Find more details of the next Fasttrack programme at: www.thedealmakersacademy.com/FAST Follow or connect with Jonathan on LinkedIn https://bit.ly/2S3Xzxw Watch our YouTube Channel The Dealmaker's Academy https://bit.ly/3b86OFI