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Atlas View Equity jumps on the rollup bandwagon and published a great article explaining the strategy, why so many rollups fail, how to position for success, and more.
A rollup is an inorganic growth strategy where a company acquires many small and or local businesses within a single vertical.
The acquired businesses are merged into a single brand and several functions are centralized. The end result, if successful, is a single large national (or global) enterprise with:
Professional management
Unified strategy
Efficient cost structure
Better offering for customers
Rollups have been around for decades, and just about every single industry has either been rolled up or attempted to be rolled up. Industries include dental clinics, car washes, pest control companies, IT services, funeral homes, HVAC services, and many more.
Jordan Novgrod acquired his first business 7-months ago. DueDilio helped him with the diligence. In his latest blog post, he highlights the ups and downs from the first 7-months of running the business.
This particular point resonated with me personally…
Having trouble working on the business instead of in the business is a real problem that I knew I would have to confront, but it’s harder than I anticipated
Buy Small Sell High newsletter highlights the decision that all aspiring business owners have to make - do you start a business or buy one?
The buying vs starting decision depends mostly on personal preferences. But for folks like me to whom no idea was ever good enough and the years of uncertainty whether your business model really works or not were an issue I wasn’t going to get past, buying a proven, successful model gave me a chance to swing for the fences, in a safer way.
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.
PrivSource - PrivSource helps you source deals and connect with transaction partners without ever paying a success fee.
BizNexus - Marketplace + off-market origination in one platform. The marketplace averages about 10k active listings & pre-CIM opportunities, and the off-market origination focuses on data & multi-channel. Local Boston company and I consider the founder (Adam Ray) a friend.
X5 Deals - Proprietary deal sourcing. They do the outreach and send you relevant, actionable deals directly into your inbox.
Import Dojo - a newsletter that sends eCommerce and Amazon FBA businesses for sale to your email inbox. They send deals each Wednesday at 9:00 AM CST.
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.
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.
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