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Buying a $3m Course Business (Whose Founder is the Face)
Acquiring Minds
English - January 19, 2023 08:00 - 36 minutes - 67.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 168 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Investing entrepreneurship entrepreneur online business smb acquire acquisition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Online course businesses have dazzling margins but a key weakness. Dom Wells explains how to acquire one & make it work.
Topics from the interview with Dom:
Opportunity for acquisition entrepreneurs to buy a course businessWhat to look for when acquiring a courseThe role a course founder's personal story playsHow to ease the founder's face out of the brandWhy faces of successful students of the course are actually more valuableHow courses can charge so much ($500 and more)Buying underperforming Udemy coursesImportance of marketing funnels to a course businessOngoing development costs of a course (vs. SaaS)Links & how to contact Dom:
Proofread AnywhereMore backstory on Proofread Anywhere: How I Built A $200K/Month Business Selling Proofreading CoursesUdemy@DomWellsOnfolioLinkedInOnfolioRegister for a live gathering of SMB, Micro-PE, and ETA owners, operators and investors:
SMBashLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:
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