Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game

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Great book - incredibly comprehensive guide on acquisition entrepreneurship from why it can be much more lucrative than doing a startup to a full soup to nuts guide on how to find, acquire and run an acquisition. While he constantly tells readers not to make excuses, I do feel I am a little young to get into this quite yet (sorry for the excuse). A great book that outlines another way of launching ones career as an entrepreneur, rather than just starting from scratch. It is a useful guide providing potent strategies and actionable insights that could help readers seize opportunities in the acquisition entrepreneurship landscape. They were the people who took a product market fit business and turned them into large scale businesses.

This book grossly oversells the opportunity of entrepreneurship through acquisition and irresponsibly excludes numbers that go against the book's pitch. Get clear, get moving, and stick to your goals and things will generally work out if you remain focused on the most important objectives to get the deal closed.While highly readable, the book is intended as a cursory introduction and does not delve into the minutiae of the process. It offers practical advice on how to identify, evaluate, and negotiate the purchase of a business, as well as tips for successfully growing and scaling the acquired company.

Entender las tres As, evaluar las habilidades, saber el nivel de involucramiento y dia a dia que quieren, tamaño de SDE, etc. The only reason I am not giving it a 5 star is because I have not yet implemented what I read, I just happened to have the opportunity to be a partner in a business so I am implementing what i read in the following book: "Traction" by Gino Wickman.

I’ve acquired 6 companies over the last 10 years and made them more valuable than when I bought them. He suggests this period as crucial in making the business your own, as well as in maintaining its successful trajectory. The author suggests that while it is important to be dedicated to the success of the acquired company, it's equally essential not to let business ownership completely consume your personal life. I want this book to change how people think about entrepreneurship, and unlock the huge opportunity for more people to be entrepreneurs by leveraging the tremendous value in the existing small business economy.

It provides actionable advice on identifying, evaluating, and acquiring existing companies as a path to entrepreneurial success.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The strategy outlined is spot on and is the type of advice I personally have given dozens of people over the years. As an entrepreneur myself who has built several businesses and experienced the pitfalls of building said businesses, this book is a sheer revelation!