Acquisitions Anonymous - #1 for business buying, selling and operating

The hosts dive into the ambitious plans of a vodka distillery eyeing the ready-to-drink market while navigating industry regulations and financial hurdles. They uncover a lucrative investment opportunity, exploring market positioning and distribution strategies. The differences between ready-to-drink and ready-to-serve beverages are dissected, shedding light on regulatory loopholes. Anecdotes reveal the complexities of liquor laws, especially comparing California and Texas, while emphasizing the importance of understanding the spirits industry's dynamics. SBA financing options for distillery acquisitions are also discussed.

Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills),  Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather), and Michael Girdley (@girdley) switch it up from the typical deals reviews and have a discussion about debt markets.______________Thanks to our sponsors!This episode is sponsored Rejigg.Rejigg is a platform where buyers can meet SMB owners looking for exits. Rejigg's in-house team does proprietary outreach to find owners considering exits, then lets buyers message them directly to set up calls. The sweet spot is $500k-$10m in revenue, but they have other opportunities as well.Sign up as a buyer today, and start meeting owners looking to sell.Check them out at rejigg.com/aa. Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Michael  (@girdley), Heather  (@EndresenHeather), Bill (@billDA), and special guest Kelcey (@kelceylehrich) dive into a supplements business and share some exciting news about the hold co conference. Check it out here: https://quietlight.com/listings/11245953/-----Thanks to our sponsors!HoldCoConference, the conference exclusively focused on HoldCo Entrepreneurs and Executives. This conference is where Holding Companies meet, learn, scale and grow. From tech to Home Services, Holdco Entrepreneurs from around the globe will be meeting in Cleveland this September 18-20th in Cleveland Ohio.Check out holdcoconf.com for more details.-----------------CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that want to focus on growth with a “client service first” approach. They offer a full suite of accounting services, including sophisticated reporting, QuickBooks software solutions, and full-service payroll options.________________________Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills),  and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) breakdown a wall panel shopify store doing some serious growth.  Check out the listing: https://quietlight.com/listings/13802068/-----Thanks to our sponsor!This episode is sponsored by HoldCoConference, the conference exclusively focused on HoldCo Entrepreneurs and Executives. This conference is where Holding Companies meet, learn, scale and grow. From tech to Home Services, Holdco Entrepreneurs from around the globe will be meeting in Cleveland this September 18-20th in Cleveland Ohio.Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA),  and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) review a deal for a company that produces collectible statues. Let us know what you think. Today's deal comes from Axial.  Axial is a trusted deal sourcing platform serving professional acquirers in the American lower middle market.Axial partners with over 2,000 boutique investment bankers and business brokers who use the Axial platform to market their deals to lower middle market acquirers. Sweetspot on Axial in terms of deal size is from $5M to $75M in enterprise value, located solely within the US and Canada. Deal activity occurs in five industry verticals: manufacturing, tech / IT services, healthcare, B2B services, and consumer. Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Fashionably late- our 200th episode is one you don't want to miss. Michael Girdley (@girdley), Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills),  and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) go over some of our favorite moments from over 200 episodes of Acquisitions Anonymous. Thanks so much to all our loyal listeners and sponsors!!!______________Thanks to our sponsors!This episode is sponsored by Acquisition Lab. Acquisition Lab, created by Walker Deibel author of Buy Then Build: How to Outsmart the Startup Game, is an accelerator with a highly vetted cohort-based educational and support community for people serious about buying a business. After going through the Lab's month-long intensive, you have ongoing access to almost daily Q&A sessions with advisors, regular live deal review forums with Walker, hand-picked vendors for your deal team, and a very active Slack group with other searchers on this path. Our team personally understands how to buy a business and will help navigate all the complexities of the process, as well as provide a trusted framework, tools, and resources to support you from search to close. The Acquisition Lab recently celebrated its 70th business being acquired and well over $100m in aggregate transaction value. The Lab is there to stand by your side, so you can take the right action (at the right time) and avoid wasting countless hours trying to "go it alone".For more information, check out acquisitionlab.com or email the Lab's director Chelsea Wood, chelsea@buythenbuild.com.--------------CloudBookkeeping offers adaptable solutions to businesses that want to focus on growth with a “client service first” approach. They offer a full suite of accounting services, including sophisticated reporting, QuickBooks software solutions, and full-service payroll options.Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA),  and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) review a Manufacturer and Distributer of Vegan Cosmetics and Skincare Brand. Today's deal comes from Axial.  Axial is a trusted deal sourcing platform serving professional acquirers in the American lower middle market.Axial partners with over 2,000 boutique investment bankers and business brokers who use the Axial platform to market their deals to lower middle market acquirers. Sweetspot on Axial in terms of deal size is from $5M to $75M in enterprise value, located solely within the US and Canada. Deal activity occurs in five industry verticals: manufacturing, tech / IT services, healthcare, B2B services, and consumer. Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Michael Girdley (@girdley) and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) review a fun deal on a car rental franchise that produces some strong EBITDA #'s. Check it out here: https://woodbridgegrp.egnyte.com/dl/FgpypTxSP1-----Thanks to our sponsor!This episode is sponsored by HoldCoConference, the conference exclusively focused on HoldCo Entrepreneurs and Executives. This conference is where Holding Companies meet, learn, scale and grow. From tech to Home Services, Holdco Entrepreneurs from around the globe will be meeting in Cleveland this September 18-20th in Cleveland Ohio.Check out holdcoconf.com for more details.Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

Michael Girdley (@girdley) and Heather Endresen (@EndresenHeather) review a pool building business in Michael's hometown. You could say our mind is on summer.Check it out: https://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/pool-construction-and-service-co-w-40-years-in-business/2095591/?d=L3RleGFzL2JvZXJuZS1lc3RhYmxpc2hlZC1idXNpbmVzc2VzLWZvci1zYWxlLz9xPWNHWnliMjA5TXpBd01EQXdNQSUzRCUzRA%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR2trjNs5Of0LmORgz8KDkbVNA4xMB-JTC3hdFzAF5IzvSWlL7zKWIHJNgY_aem_th_ARGWbKKnItZHcBSDnUeyerPQijB0ihWDPB94-ocRZK5z7gUZmEKZOeHSgVdG0MLbAOo "Building $5mm pools in San Antonio"_____Thanks to our sponsor!This episode is sponsored by Acquisition Lab. Acquisition Lab, created by Walker Deibel author of Buy Then Build: How to Outsmart the Startup Game, is an accelerator with a highly vetted cohort-based educational and support community for people serious about buying a business. After going through the Lab's month-long intensive, you have ongoing access to almost daily Q&A sessions with advisors, regular live deal review forums with Walker, hand-picked vendors for your deal team, and a very active Slack group with other searchers on this path. Our team personally understands how to buy a business and will help navigate all the complexities of the process, as well as provide a trusted framework, tools, and resources to support you from search to close. The Acquisition Lab recently celebrated its 70th business being acquired and well over $100m in aggregate transaction value. The Lab is there to stand by your side, so you can take the right action (at the right time) and avoid wasting countless hours trying to "go it alone".For more information, check out acquisitionlab.com or email the Lab's director Chelsea Wood, chelsea@buythenbuild.com.Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com

 Girdley (@girdley) and Bill (@BillDA) review a declining software business that is available for a cheap multiple.  Check it out here: https://quietlight.com/listings/12988647/-----Thanks to our sponsor!This episode is sponsored by HoldCoConference, the conference exclusively focused on HoldCo Entrepreneurs and Executives. This conference is where Holding Companies meet, learn, scale and grow. From tech to Home Services, Holdco Entrepreneurs from around the globe will be meeting in Cleveland this September 18-20th in Cleveland Ohio.Check out holdcoconf.com for more details.Subscribe to  weekly our Newsletter and get curated deals in your inboxAdvertise with us by clicking hereDo you love Acquanon and want to see our smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel.Do you enjoy our content? Rate our show!Follow us on Twitter @acquanon Learnings about small business acquisitions and operations.For inquiries or suggestions, email us at contact@acquanon.com