Top Clicks in October

Highlighting the most popular business listings & Twitter threads in October.

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Hello Friends!

In this monthly issue of The Business Inquirer, you will find the most clicked (i.e. popular) content and business listings in October.

In this week’s issue:

• 🔥 Most Popular Business Listings

• 🧐 Most Popular Twitter Threads

• 🛠 Tools & Resources

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🔥 Most Popular Business Listings

I took a break in October from publishing the Tuesday edition of the newsletter so there isn’t much to show here.

• $ 100 K TTM Marketplace (Financial Services) listed on BitsForDigits

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🧐Twitter

These are the most clicked Twitter threads for October in What I Learned Last Week.

Brian Feroldi (🧠,📈) @BrianFeroldi

How to analyze a: ▪️Balance Sheet ▪️Income Statement ▪️Cash Flow Statement In less than 5 minutes:

Oren John 🛠,🛠 @orenmeetsworld

This is your sign to start a supplements brand. It's high margin, you don't need to touch inventory and there's a massive consumer base. Here’s exactly how it works + the best manufacturers who offer fulfillment. Lets go 👇🏼

Justin Vogt @J_M_Vogt

As Entrepreneurship through Acquisition gains popularity, it will undoubtedly change over the coming years Here is a list of my predictions for how the traditional EtA landscape will change over the coming 5 years...

Jon Matzner @MatznerJon

Big news on the work front. We sold Garage Excell to our two best sales guys and converted it into our 9th affiliate! Here's the good/bad/full story and how I bought a local service company (with 0 sector experience) and grew it to 9 states in 21 months... Mega Thread:

Connor Abene @ConnorAbene

The most predictable way to get wealthy ($10m-$50m) in my opinion is with rollups. Here’s what they are and how they work:

Fund of One @Fundof1

One year ago today was my first day at the appliance repair company I acquired. I don’t have a thread of “what I’ve learned” exactly. I do have a few observations that’ll be helpful to 1st time acquirers and familiar to veterans:

Michael Karnjanaprakorn @mikekarnj

If I had $0 and wanted to start a Personal Holding Company (PHC), here's how I would do it: (IMO, this will be the most straightforward way for anyone to become a millionaire)

Ali - The CFO @AliTheCFO

7 Financial Metrics every business owner should know:

Michael Girdley @girdley

How I use a simple 2x2 matrix to quickstart turnarounds A 🧵:

Chad Rubin @itschadrubin

The Amazon marketplace is a hostile battleground. Yet, some Amazon brands continue to thrive & make tons of dollars. How? They know stuff you don’t. Here are 21 truth bombs about selling on Amazon that'll turn the tides in your favor (against Amazon & your brutal competitors):

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🛠 Tools & Resources

I want to share some tools & resources that I have found helpful. Please note that some of these may contain affiliate links. This means that I may receive compensation if you sign-up and use them.

Kumo - Find every deal in one complete platform. Spend less time sourcing deals and more time closing them. Kumo aggregates 180K+ business listings into one easy-to-use platform.

Cerebro Capital - Cerebro has a network of 1,500+ lenders who can provide debt financing for your acquisition, refi, etc. $500k minimum.

X5 Deals - Proprietary deal sourcing. They do the outreach and send you relevant, actionable deals directly into your inbox.

Curators - Proprietary deal sourcing. You need targets that fit your investment criteria, and Curators delivers week after week - we even update your personalized database on a daily basis with new information on best-fit targets.

BizNexus - Proprietary deal flow, deal aggregator, and exit prep. Local Boston company and I consider the founder (Adam Ray) a friend.

PrivSource - Deal aggregator for lower and middle-market listings.

The Website Flip - a newsletter that sends content sites for sale to your email inbox. They send deals each Wednesday and Friday. 

Deal Flow Scout - Peer-to-peer deal flow exchange. Free, open, transparent.

Deal Sourcing Guide - A directory I put together of online marketplaces, brokers, DFY deal flow, and more.

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