Ups and Downs of Buying Small (and Keeping a Job)
Acquiring Minds
English - September 29, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 97 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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Toni Kononova bought a ghostwriting business for $500k to experiment with buy-then-build while limiting her downside.
Topics in Toni's interview:
What to love about a ghostwriting & editing businessThe business of self-publishingWhat is "vanity press"?Why a terrible website can be OKGetting close on a small B2B SaaS businessLowering her SDE criteriaNumbers & terms of her acquisitionDe-risking an acquisitionBuying a business while having a full-time jobWhy keeping her full-time job helped get the loanRunning the acquisition as a side hustleEmployee turnover & sales decline during transitionThe popularity of search among Silicon Valley workersSearch in RussiaLinks & how to get in touch with Toni:
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