Top Clicks in September

Highlighting the most popular content & business listings in September.

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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 September.

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🔥 Most Popular Business Listings

These were the most clicked business listings for September in The Business Inquirer.

• Highly predictable 20 y/o interview prep SaaS for University Career Centers with 270 clients

• MSP and Hosting Firm – Seller will carry 30%

• Capure Goat Milk Soap

• Roommate matching & self-selection tool for student housing industry

• Bookkeeping services and proprietary accounting software for SMBs

• Full service digital solutions company, specializing in tech outsourcing.

• Podcast & Video Production Company – Subscription Model – Average Contract Value of $1500/Month – Customer Lifetime Value of $18,000+

• Deeply understand your customers personalities, characters and subconscious decision drivers

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🧐Content & Twitter

These are the most clicked content and Twitter threads for September in What I Learned Last Week.

James | Gladstone @glad_cap

My playbook for buying a small business while still working a day job:

Connor Abene @ConnorAbene

I think 50%+ of boomer businesses will shut down instead of selling. If you want to capitalize on this problem, I’ve got 10 ideas for ya: 🧵👇

Neel Parekh @NeelBParekh

If you want to build a million-dollar local service biz.... You need to know exactly where to market online. I spoke with the CEO of one of the top home service marketing agencies. Here are 5 marketing tactics that will help you make an extra $10,000 today 💰 🧵👇

Robert Graham @Robert_E_Graham

Don’t buy a business with less than $500K of SDE / EBITDA. At SIG, we push our searchers to acquire $750K and above. Here’s why:

Chase Murdock @chasemurdock

My life project @DecadaGroup just turned 2 years old. We’ve gone from a half baked idea…to a collection of 4 small businesses driving $8M+ in revenue across 40+ employees. Here’s a peek into our story and some lessons learned from 2 years in the holding company trenches…

Andrew Pierno @AndrewPierno

I've done 6 micro acquisitions, sold 2, and currently operate 4. Want to make *your* first micro acquisition? Here's what I'd tell you if we hopped on a call 👇

Michael Girdley @girdley

When you buy a business, you risk bankruptcy -- or worse! I’ve studied over 1,000 businesses for sale in 2022. The 11 biggest traps for you to avoid: 🧵

Mitchell Baldridge @baldridgecpa

It’s not what you earn, it’s what you get to keep. My 10 favorite tax hacks for business owners:

Joe Speiser ⚡️ @jspeiser

The most practical way to make $1M: Buy a SaaS business and flip it for 4X in 12 months. I’ve done this multiple times. My exact 5 step blueprint on flipping SaaS businesses for millions 🧵

M&A Focused CPA @BoilerPlateCPA

Understanding Financial Accounting in the SMB world can be the difference between becoming a millionaire or going bankrupt. DO NOT analyze financial statements without understanding these 10 principles 🧵

Sultan of Storage @SultanofStorage

I have separate QuickBooks accounts (and logins) for each of my 8 businesses. All separate single member LLCs. I must be doing this wrong. Someone tell me I’m doing this wrong and how I can do it better.

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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. 

Logology - Best automated logo & brand identity tool I’ve come across.

OpenPhone - The best VoIP phone solution that I have found. I use this for DueDilio. You get a $20 credit if you sign-up.

Eloquens - Knowledge marketplace. I’ve purchased a few templates from them.

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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