How one acquirer got a 10X return in 3 years | Built to Sell News
October 1, 2026
Zac Smith walked away from a mechanical engineering career to buy a CertaPro Painters franchise with three employees and under
Zac Smith walked away from a mechanical engineering career to buy a CertaPro Painters franchise with three employees and under
Ask an owner what they will do after they sell and a lot of them say a version of the
You can know your business cold and still be guessing at what it is worth to somebody else. The first
Broadly speaking, there are two ways to build a company. Some entrepreneurs swing for the fences, spending decades building one
Garren Hilow bootstrapped Abveris, an antibody discovery business doing $12 million in revenue, and sold it in 2021 for $150
Ok, let’s jump in… One of the fastest growing groups of acquirers is the self funded searcher. One person, often
Conventional wisdom says leverage comes from having multiple bidders at the table. Janessa White had one, and she told him
There are four types of financial buyers who might make an offer on your business, and more often than any
Jeff Church had every reason to believe Coca-Cola would buy Suja Juice outright. They’d invested $90 million alongside Goldman Sachs
We looked at six years of PREScore™ data, and one finding stood out: 17.5% of business owners now point to
You’ve probably received the email. It starts with a compliment: “I love what you’ve built.” Then comes the ask: a
” When I sell the company, then I’ll be happy.” Psychotherapist Jo Swann says that one phrase is the most
Zac Smith walked away from a mechanical engineering career to buy a CertaPro Painters franchise with three employees and under
Ask an owner what they will do after they sell and a lot of them say a version of the
You can know your business cold and still be guessing at what it is worth to somebody else. The first
Broadly speaking, there are two ways to build a company. Some entrepreneurs swing for the fences, spending decades building one
Garren Hilow bootstrapped Abveris, an antibody discovery business doing $12 million in revenue, and sold it in 2021 for $150
Ok, let’s jump in… One of the fastest growing groups of acquirers is the self funded searcher. One person, often
Conventional wisdom says leverage comes from having multiple bidders at the table. Janessa White had one, and she told him
There are four types of financial buyers who might make an offer on your business, and more often than any
Jeff Church had every reason to believe Coca-Cola would buy Suja Juice outright. They’d invested $90 million alongside Goldman Sachs
We looked at six years of PREScore™ data, and one finding stood out: 17.5% of business owners now point to
You’ve probably received the email. It starts with a compliment: “I love what you’ve built.” Then comes the ask: a
” When I sell the company, then I’ll be happy.” Psychotherapist Jo Swann says that one phrase is the most
