What's Your Deal? | Business Buying, Business Acquisitions, Investing & Exit Strategies

What does a business look like through the eyes of a big corporate buyer? Matt Uhler sits down with Mark Sims, managing principal of Consult MSG and former CIO and head of strategy and M&A at Scotts Miracle-Gro, to break down what really happens in due diligence. Mark explains why clean, trusted numbers drive valuation, how deal friction quietly kills transactions, the difference between strategic and private equity buyers, and his 5 C's of Value Creation for owners preparing to sell in the next few years.   Connect with Mark Sims:   Email: [email protected]   https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjsims/   Connect with Matt Uhler / Amped Success:   Community - https://www.skool.com/thedealmakerhub/about   Instagram: @ampedsuccess   Website: ampedsuccess.com   Email: [email protected]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-uhler-a9896612/       Want to be a guest or sponsor an episode?   If you'd like to be featured as a guest on What's Your Deal? Please fill out the form HERE   If you are interested in sponsoring an episode, reach out to: [email protected]     Listen & Subscribe:   Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. It helps more people discover the show.          

Nicole Hines joins Matt Uhler to share her journey buying a business without leaving the career she loves. She explains how she narrowed a wide-open buy box down to e-commerce and stationery, and why she walked away from a business that looked great on paper but sent her home with a migraine. She also walks through a promising deal that fell apart under diligence. This is an honest look at the mindset, patience, and guardrails it takes to find the right business, not just any business.     Connect with Nichole Hines:   Website: SamiraCaleb.com    Email: [email protected].    https://www.linkedin.com/in/nichole-hines/   Connect with Matt Uhler / Amped Success:   Community - https://www.skool.com/thedealmakerhub/about   Instagram: @ampedsuccess   Website: ampedsuccess.com   Email: [email protected]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-uhler-a9896612/       Want to be a guest or sponsor an episode?   If you'd like to be featured as a guest on What's Your Deal? Please fill out the form HERE   If you are interested in sponsoring an episode, reach out to: [email protected]     Listen & Subscribe:   Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. It helps more people discover the show.        

Matt Uhler sits down with Mike Grossman, author of Failure Is an Option and a veteran CEO of six venture-funded companies. Mike explains how two failed attempts to take a company public led to an acquisition worth meaningfully more than the IPO. He covers why you should focus on inputs instead of outcomes and the danger of chasing adjacent opportunities. He also explains when it's worth defying your board, why spending discipline matters, and how a fully remote team of 300+ changed his view on recruiting.        Connect with Mike Grossman:   Book: Failure Is an Option, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble.   Website: failureisanoption.com   https://www.instagram.com/failureisanoptionbook     Connect with Matt Uhler / Amped Success:   Instagram: @ampedsuccess   Website: ampedsuccess.com   Email: [email protected]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-uhler-a9896612/       Want to be a guest or sponsor an episode?   If you'd like to be a guest on What's Your Deal? or are interested in sponsoring an episode, reach out to: [email protected]     Listen & Subscribe:   Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. It helps more people discover the show.        

Colleen Joyce, CEO of Lawyer.com, joins Matt Uhler to share how she built an eight-figure legal marketplace from a single room and a great domain name. She explains her "sell it, then build it" approach, why the team that gets you to $1 million usually isn't the team that gets you to $20 million, and how a money-losing live events experiment became a profitable annual conference. Colleen and Matt also dig into fast failure, learning to delegate, and what AI really means for lawyers and the people who need them.   Connect with Colleen Joyce:   lawyer.com    lawyergrowthsummit.com   https://www.facebook.com/lawyerdotcom   https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenjoyce/   https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/fast-five-tuesdays-7265815097552326656/   Instagram: @lawyerdotcom       Connect with Matt Uhler / Amped Success:   Instagram: @ampedsuccess   Website: ampedsuccess.com   Email: [email protected]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-uhler-a9896612/       Want to be a guest or sponsor an episode?   If you'd like to be a guest on What's Your Deal? or are interested in sponsoring an episode, reach out to: [email protected]     Listen & Subscribe:   Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. It helps more people discover the show.

For the first time on What's Your Deal, Matt Uhler sits down with a fellow business broker, Ryan Armstrong of Transworld Phoenix. He and Matt walk through the full life of a Main Street deal: preparing the seller emotionally, building a data-driven listing, and vetting buyers. They also cover LOIs, due diligence, financing and closing, and why the best deals leave buyer and seller as friends.   Connect with Ryan Armstrong:   https://www.tworld.com/agents/ryanarmstrong   Phone: 480-447-3504     Connect with Matt Uhler / Amped Success:   Instagram: @ampedsuccess   Website: ampedsuccess.com   Email: [email protected]   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-uhler-a9896612/       Want to be a guest or sponsor an episode?   If you'd like to be a guest on What's Your Deal? or are interested in sponsoring an episode, reach out to: [email protected]     Listen & Subscribe:   Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. It helps more people discover the show.