Truth About Exits

Truth About Exits is about every side of the deal. Your host Coran Woodmass and guests discuss what it really takes to close 7 or 8 figure business sales. By interviewing clients and friends who have sold their businesses, raised capital or actively acquire businesses.<br /><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The State Of The Market And What To Do - Jeff Lieber (Turnkey Management)

In this week’s episode, Marissa, VP of Marketing at The FBA Broker leads a roundtable chat with Geoff Matthews and Julie Siragusa from The FBA Brokers' Deal Team and Jeff Lieber, Founder of Turnkey Management. During this conversation, they discuss the state of the market and how consumer behavior has been affected, as well as which buyers are still acquiring. We end with the MASSIVE opportunities for eCommerce business owners scaling a brand in this economy and trust me, you don't want to miss this one! Throw another shot of espresso in your coffee, grab your comfy slippers, and lean into this riveting podcast episode; enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07-21
01:02:21

Founder Mindset Podcast - Starting a business based on your calling - Kevin Graham

In this week’s episode, Coran sits down for a chat with Kevin Graham on his podcast Founder Mindset. During the interview, they discuss a number of topics including how Coran found his passion for acquisitions and his goal to get a piece of a billion dollar transaction” that he’s been working towards over the last few years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08-01
22:26

Building the first DTC Private Equity Brand - Brent Beshore

Brent Beshore is the CEO of Adventur.es went from acquiring companies using debt and equity to raising a $50M fund. Now they look at over 2000 deals per year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07-25
54:05

$3 Billion Invested Now Looking For Consumer Brands - Brien Davis

Brien Davis, Partner at Altacrest Capital he and his partners have completed over $3 billion of investments during their 20+ year careers. Today we’ll be talking about their acquisition of Barton Watch Bands an Austin based consumer product company. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07-18
48:02

$200M+ In SBA Loans For Ecommerce Acquisitions

Stephen has closed over $200M in SBA loans for e-commerce business acquisitions. Find out why SBA Loans are so popular and also why buyers and sellers should have an SBA lender on their deal team even before buying or selling a business.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07-11
34:51

3 Year Build. $4MM in Sales. 6 Months to Sell. Repeat! - Chris Nowak

Chris built his company to around $4M in sales and sold his business in just 3 short years. The buyer used an SBA loan and the sales process took 6 months to close! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

07-04
31:10

$25M In Annual Revenue Via Acquisitions - Shakil Prasla

In today's episode we talk to Shakil Prasla who has acquired a number of e-commerce business to reach over $25M in annual revenue through more than 7 acquisitions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

06-27
42:47

What It Takes To Close Deals 4 Real Examples

Today's episode is with your host Coran Woodmass breaking down four real world examples of consumer product brands that sold for $1MM, $10MM, $100MM and $1B. Coran discusses what drives value from the buy-side in each of these transactions and how to think about this if you want to sell your business in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

06-13
36:47

Part 2 Roll Ups - Mark Sancrant

Mark Sancrant is back on TAE to talk more about Roll Ups. What they are and what to think about if you are planning to undertake a roll up or being acquired as part of a roll up. Make sure to check out part 1 if you haven’t heard it already https://truthaboutexits.com/tae-ep-15-part-1-roll-ups-mark-sancrant/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

06-06
46:45

Part 1 Roll Ups - Mark Sancrant

Mark Sancrant is back on TAE this time to talk about Roll Ups from his first hand experience on being on all sides of roll up transactions. What they are, why they are so popular and what to think about if you are planning to undertake a roll up or being acquired as part of a roll up.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05-30
53:22

When To Raise Capital From VCs - Chris Rawlings

An injury from partying too hard led Chris to create products to help others. This then lead to raising capital from VCs to start Judolaunch a company to help brands scale their Amazon sales channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05-23
56:57

Turning Around a 189-Year-Old Company Then Exiting - Nate Collins

From a hippie commune to the board room, Nate had a career as an investment manager at a Private Equity Group focused on real estate before becoming CEO of Samuel French a Theatrical Licencing Company founded in 1830 an insolvent company he turned around and eventually exited. Now Nate is moving on from Samuel French and Concord onto his next adventure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05-16
45:46

Acquiring 9 Businesses In 12 Months - Kevin Graham

Kevin went from building and selling affiliate websites to building and acquiring hosting companies. After reaching $1mm in annual revenue run rate he and his partner have decided to pause the acquisition plans for now. Listen in to find what acquiring 9 companies in under 12 months looks like and what Kevin would do if he was to start over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05-09
40:25

How And When To Take A Company Public - Martin Higginson

Martin Higginson is an ultimate entrepreneur he’s built multiple companies, exited four of them and raised capital for another 7 through the public markets. He now builds companies, puts a management team in place, takes them public and moves on to the next deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05-02
34:27

Lessons from the buy-side - Ace Chapman

Ace is a seasoned investor who has acquired multiple businesses, both online and offline. On this week’s jam-packed episode, Coran talks with Ace about acquiring his first acquisition, the lessons he learned from his previous acquisitions and how he works in the private equity sphere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04-25
58:53

From Exit To Launching Two Startups - Raymond Kaminski

From NASA to launching Two startups, Coran talks to Raymond about his journey from the space program to being apart of not one but two rapidly growing startups. Having also been a part of an acquisition by one of the leading investment banks in the USA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04-18
33:44

The Right Questions Can Make You Millions - Nate Ginsburg

Coran talks with Nate about selling his Amazon FBA business after its rapid growth to becoming an investor and making sure his team was looked after in the process. They also dig into life after the sale and its meaning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04-11
01:01:48

20 Years and $2.8B in Deals - Mark Sancrant

In this action-packed episode, Coran talks with his colleague Mark about raising debt and capital, working with entrepreneurs and acquiring business for growth versus building from scratch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

03-14
32:38

The Decision NOT To Exit - Mark Brenwall

Mark talks with Coran about why he initially decided to sell his business but after going through the sale process, decided to not sell his business and what he is doing instead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

03-14
41:21

The 302 Day German Exit - Leon Hendrix

Coran discusses with former client Leon about the extended transfer process and the emotional rollercoaster that turned into a 302-day exit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

03-14
18:54

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