How to Buy a SaaS Business with an SBA Loan
Acquiring Minds
English - October 30, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 181 MB - ★★★★★ - 131 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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It CAN be done. Andrew Swiler acquired a SaaS business with $650k SDE using an SBA loan (and while living in Spain).
Topics in Andrew’s interview:
Why he preferred buying a SaaS business to an ecommerce oneKey trait to being a successful acquisition entrepreneurDownside protection in a SaaS businessThe appeal of the Microsoft ecosystemDeferred revenue (and explaining it to a seller)Buying a SaaS business as a non-technical personHow a SaaS business is valuedHistory of Lanteria, the business Andrew boughtTerms of the dealStrategy of building a portfolio of B2B SaaS businessesPros & cons of holding company structurePros & cons of fund structureReferences and how to contact Andrew:
Tweet about how declining MRR affects SaaS enterprise valueXavier HelgesenAcquire.com@swilera on TwitterLinkedInLanteriaLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:
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