Business Buying Strategies from The Dealmaker"s Academy

In podcast #6, Jonathan covers: How the multi-million-pound Coffee Nation deal was put together What sellers really want, according to Helen Moore, Operations Manager at Business Data which publishes the Business Sales Report about the number of businesses up for sale in the UK Why you should update your LinkedIn profile The importance of buying assets rather than the shares of a business The terms every dealmaker needs to understand   Listen to find out: The challenge of presenting a company’s

A question that I get asked all the time from my Mastermind members is how do you value a business. It's a good question that's very difficult to answer. Why? Because a big business is worth more than a small business. So, let's take a step back. The starting point for a business value is a multiple of profit or EBITDA. A small business with an EBITDA of £100K or less can have a value of 2x to 4x EBITDA. A bigger business with £1 million EBITDA will have an 8x to 15x value. The days of getting

In podcast #4, Jonathan covers: How Martyn Dawes, Coffee Nation’s founder, sold the business in a multi-million-pound deal Three more questions to ask in your first conversation with a business owner The difference between liquidation and administration and which offers the best opportunity An interview with Helen Moore, Operations Manager at Business Data which publishes the Business Sales Report about the number of businesses up for sale in the UK Listen to find out: What’s involved in a

In podcast #3, Jonathan covers: What it takes to sell a £70 million business What lenders want to know before they’ll agree to finance your acquisition Why a distressed company is an opportunity in disguise The next three questions to ask in your first conversation with a business owner Listen to find out: The best time to sell a business The mistake sellers often make with timing the sale of the business Why persistence paid off for one business broker The qualities Kiddicare’s former owner

In podcast #2, Jonathan Jay from The Dealmaker's Academy covers: The lessons the founder of Kiddicare learnt from the £70 million sale of his company How to arrange finance in a hurry How to cherry-pick deals to ensure you’re not stuck with a lemon How to buy the right assets when you're buying a business The next three questions to ask in your first conversation with a business owner Listen to find out: Why in retrospect Kiddicare’s founder would sell or license the company’s operating system

In this inaugural Business Buying Strategies podcast, Jonathan Jay from The Dealmaker's Academy interviews Neville Wright: Neville Wright has one of the best entrepreneurial stories you'll ever hear. Neville left school at 16 with no qualifications. He suffered from dyslexia and always hated school because he found it hard to read. But Neville was not your normal school drop out. Neville was determined to carve his own path. So Neville started working as a window cleaner. His business quickly