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Issue 41 June 2025
Tips and strategies from seasoned Acquisition masters in the field. M&A enthusiasts will learn how to acquire, grow and exit with greater success!
You Don’t Need Capital—You Need Leverage
From our 2025 Business Acquisition Virtual Summit, Chris Moore shows you how he structures and negotiates equity deals—without using his own capital.
The Art of the Deal Vet: How to Identify, Evaluate, and Fund High-Performance Opportunities in a Noisy Market
In our Feature article, Jerry Conti, Merlin Corbin, and Sarah Sullivan of Legacy Capital Professionals and Visionary Growth Fund, emphasize that most investment deals fail due to poor preparation, not lack of potential. They outline seven key steps for evaluating opportunities and provide insight into their due diligence process to identify viable investments.
Acquisition Playbook: Strategic Partnerships, Joint Ventures, and Licensing
Colton Moffitt highlights that in the lower mid-market, often-overlooked deal structures—like joint ventures, carve-outs, and licensing—can be the smartest moves. These strategic collaborations can drive growth, acquisitions, or exits, especially in lean or fragmented markets, though successful execution demands strong internal capabilities and well-aligned partners.
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: A Modern Path to Business Ownership?
Louis Spagnuolo highlights how Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to buy established businesses, blending autonomy with stability and offering a faster, lower-risk path to success compared to starting from scratch.
How to Exit Episode 276: She Built a 7-Figure Practice in 2.5 Days a Week - Then Taught Everyone Else How to Exit
In this How2Exit episode, Dr. Ruth Mannschreck shares her journey from dentist to business advisor, offering practical strategies to build enjoyable, scalable, and sellable service businesses through systems, leadership, and culture that support smooth, self-sustaining exits.
Enter the M&A Pirates – The Commission Chasers Who Plunder Business Without Honor
Scott S. Bell describes today’s M&A landscape as a high-stakes, opportunity-rich environment where modern-day “Pirates” in business attire pursue success through strategy and sharp execution, steering through a dynamic market filled with lucrative exits.
Earn. Learn. Have Fun – A Paradigm for Working and Living Well
Paul Cronin emphasizes that feeling trapped in a job—or even in a business you dislike—isn’t permanent. He believes we all have choices about our work, lifestyle, and spending. His personal approach to any new opportunity is simple and intentional: Earn, Learn, and Have Fun.
9 Steps to Reduce Your Business Buying Risk
In this article, Della Kirkman explores how buying a business is undeniably risky—but so is playing it safe. Sometimes, the greatest risk lies in doing nothing and missing out on the incredible opportunities life has to offer.
What He Learned from Sending 1,000,000+ M&A Outreach Messages ($355M Deals Sourced)
In this episode, host Adithya MS interviews Willem Westra of WW Capital Group, who shares his proven cold outreach strategies that have driven $355M+ in deals and helped 100+ firms expand their off-market deal sourcing efforts.
What’s A Business Worth? Most Owners Overvalue Their Business : Are You Dealing With One of Them?
Bradley Lay observes that most business owners lack a clear understanding of how to value or sell their companies, largely due to M&A advice being tailored to large buyers—not practical concerns like real profits, risk, and operational independence.

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Category: Business & Entrepreneurship, Education, Personal Development
Publisher: Acquisition Aficionado Magazine
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Language: English
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