Investment Thesis Iteration
Our program is designed to help you create a thesis that reflects your personal vision for the business and guides your decision-making every step of the way.
Our experienced team of entrepreneurs and acquisition experts is here to help guide you through the creation and iteration of your thesis in order to decrease the time it takes to find a business and increase your chances of success.
With our program, you will learn:
- How to identify and evaluate potential businesses to acquire
- How to conduct due diligence and negotiate a successful acquisition
- How to create a well-defined investment thesis that aligns with your personal goals and vision for the business
- How to develop and implement a growth plan that maximizes the business's potential
- How to effectively manage and operate the business for long-term success
1. PART ONE: SELECTING GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
Where should your business be located? Should you target a big city or a small one?
2. IDENTIFYING YOUR LIST OF CITIES
Rank your preferred cities according to specific criteria
3. LOCATION SELECTION FACTORS
The seven factors important for comparing locations
4. PART TWO: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
How to identify the best industries for you
5. MARKET MULTIPLES
The pricing details around the industries that Acquira recommends
6. RESEARCH YOUR LIST OF INDUSTRIES
Standardizing your search
7. IDENTIFYING THE INDUSTRIES WHICH ARE MOST ATTRACTIVE TO YOU
Learn the parameters used to analyze those industries
8. PART THREE: HOW BIG OF A DEAL SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR?
Analyze different deal sizes and structures
9. ABOUT START-UP, GROW-UP, AND SCALE-UP BUSINESSES
Learn about the three stages in a company’s life-cycle and how they apply to your business search
10. WHY IS A BIGGER START-UP MORE STABLE THAN A SMALL ONE?
How to find the right-sized business
11. PART FOUR: HOW TO FINANCE YOUR ACQUISITION
A look at different financing options
12. SBA FINANCING
How to increase your chances of SBA approval
13. SELLER FINANCING
The ins and outs of the seller-financed deal
14. GUARANTEED EXTERNAL DEBT
Raising external debt with a personal guarantee
15. NON-GUARANTEED EXTERNAL DEBT
An introduction to mezzanine financing
16. SELLER RETENTION AND/OR WARRANTS
One vs the other or a combination of the two
