Brock Yates made 10 online business acquisitions, lost 95% of his traffic overnight, and handed back a $250K e-commerce deal. Here’s what he learned – and what’s actually working now
AI isn’t killing online businesses – it’s reshaping them. Learn which business models are declining, which are thriving, and how smart buyers are using AI risk to acquire undervalued assets, negotiate better deals, and scale faster in today’s market.
Ace Chapman has done 200+ acquisitions. Now he’s buying offline businesses in Latin America where brokers don’t exist. His take on portfolios, exits & equity will shift how you think.
Karl Hughes reveals his playbook for buying digital agencies off-market, financing with SBA loans & rev-share deals. The quiet strategy behind scaling small agency acquisitions.
Qayyum Rajan sold his company at 20x earnings, bought it back for $100 when the PE firm forgot it existed, then flipped it again for a profit – and used the exit to quietly build a content holdco by buying burnt-out blogs everyone else was abandoning. This is the unfiltered playbook for acquiring underutilized content sites, merging them for scale, and building a cash-flowing holdco when everyone else is running the other way.
Jan looked at 150 businesses, deep-dived on 30, and closed a six-figure health and beauty e-commerce brand by turning every red flag into a green flag – and shares the exact negotiation moves, due diligence lessons, and growth strategies that made it happen. From negotiating dead inventory out of the purchase price and unlocking a dormant email list, to navigating tariffs and launching paid ads from day one – this is the unfiltered case study first-time buyers need to hear.
Stuart Faught built and sold 20 micro SaaS businesses without writing a single line of code – and shares the repeatable exit formula most founders never figure out. From the 5X pricing strategy and 30-day close playbook, to the due diligence moves that protect buyers and the deal structures that kill offers before they even start.
Kevin Petersen closed 50+ SaaS acquisitions and shares what brokers won’t tell you – from spotting untapped audiences and churn signals, to knowing exactly when to sell. Plus the hard lesson learned when an entire team walked out the day a deal closed.
Nathan Gwilliam reveals the hidden exit mistakes that cost entrepreneurs millions on the BOB Podcast. From contingent earn-out traps and 50/50 partnership disasters to roll-up acquisition strategies that eliminate competition and build unstoppable digital assets – this episode delivers 30 years of hard-won exit wisdom. Plus the deeply personal story behind the Adoption.com sale that nobody talks about.
First-time buyer. 7 kids. Full-time military career. SBA lender dropped mid-deal. Find out how Michael Simpson pulled off a real-world acquisition against all odds – and what it actually costs to buy your first online business.