• Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup

  • Mar 6 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
  • Podcast

Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup

  • Summary

  • Register for the webinars:

    • 5 Stages of the Business Buying Process - Thu March 6 - https://bit.ly/3QEgIoA
    • Employee Issues & Non-Competes When Buying a Business - Thu March 13 - https://bit.ly/4koXrFb
    • Live Q&A with Sean Daly - Tue March 18 - https://bit.ly/41yzjZ7

    Day 1 changes? Yes please. Sean Daly brought a spirit of experimentation, iteration, and speed to a small HVAC business.

    Topics in Sean’s interview:

    • Founding and exiting his own company
    • Going hard with cold outreach
    • Hiring an offshore assistant to source deals
    • Entrepreneurs are risk reducers
    • Building an offshore back of house team
    • Paying mostly in cash for the business
    • His decisive leadership style
    • ETA is sales
    • Treating his low-SDE business like a start-up
    • Failed experiment with outbound marketing

    References and how to contact Sean:

    • LinkedIn
    • Ice C Cool

    Attend SMBash in Dallas, April 2-4, to meet fellow business buyers, operators, and investors:

    • SMBash.com

    Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

    • Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

    Work with an SBA broker who focuses exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:

    • Matthias Smith of Pioneer Capital Advisory

    Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

    • The Acquisition Lab

    Connect with Acquiring Minds:

    • See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
    • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
    • Follow Will on Twitter

    Edited by Anton Rohozov
    Produced by Pam Cameron

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