Acquira helps you buy a business

Deal Search and Screening

This section of our training takes what was explained in The Gauntlet and covers it in much more detail.

We think of this as “Searching at Scale.” As your training continues, you will gain experience by looking at as many as 20 deals at any given time.

While you use our training to look for on-market deals, our off-market team will create a list of 2,500 businesses that match your investment thesis and call them on your behalf, expanding your prospects exponentially.

The traditional approach to business acquisition can take as much as a year and a half to find, analyze, and close a business. And then you still have to grow the company!

Proprietary Due Diligence Process

The due diligence process can be daunting. There are so many minute details to pick through that it can be hard to know just what to ask. After all, you don’t know what you don’t know.

Our Proprietary Due Diligence Process includes a checklist of 297 items that explain what to ask during each part of the process.

Weekly Acceleration Program Group Calls

Weekly Acceleration Program (AP) group calls provide an opportunity for Acquisition Entrepreneurs to talk directly to Acquira’s team and our expert guest speakers.

The calls cover a range of topics, including legal advice, tax advice, and acquisition tips like drafting a pre-LOI.

Bring your questions and ask us anything!

Partners also gain access to a community of Acquisition Entrepreneurs (AEs) who are at various stages in their own deals. They can provide insight, advice, or just a friendly ear throughout your journey.

The community gets together during the weekly AP calls or through our private Slack channel.

Investment Committee

Even after you’ve pored over every detail of a business, there are sometimes unexpected issues that arise.

Our Investment Committee is here to help you plan for any eventuality by going over your deals to poke holes in it.

The process is similar to Shark Tank, where Acquisition Entrepreneurs present a potential business and all of the research they’ve compiled on the company.

The Commitee usually contains at least one person who understands issues around the deal (ie: financing), and another person who is more tuned into the operations side of the business. The Committee then spends time going over the details of the deal, looking for potential issues, before giving feedback.

At the end of the call the AE will discuss the Committee’s findings with their success coach, whether they want to make any adjustments to their Investment Thesis, including increasing the geographical scope of your search, additional industries you might want to look, and why.

Workshop

Many new Acquisition Entrepreneurs wonder what stepping into an existing business will actually be like, so we thought we’d give you an opportunity to see for yourself. Workshops are unlocked for every Accelerator Program member who has brought at least one deal to the Investment Committee that matches their investment thesis.

This is your opportunity to get a backstage pass to how we acquire and run a small business. At the workshop, you will be able to tour a business we’ve purchased, network with fellow Acquisition Entrepreneurs, and ask questions of Acquira’s team of acquisition experts.

The Last Mile

The final phase of buying a business! This training covers everything from finding a business until you close the deal.

The Last Mile starts when you decide to send out an exploratory, non-binding Offer Letter, and progresses through the LOI, financing the deal and due diligence phases, all the way until you draft the Asset Purchase Agreement. It ends when you and the seller close the deal.

The Last Mile is designed to get you through some of the more difficult steps necessary to close on a deal, providing you with all of the information to help you make informed decisions through each step of the process.