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May 16, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Oh hey there... so you wanna buy a laundromat?

I heard ya. SO - some of the tools we use to buy 'em.

Also remember - he who keeps it stupid simple wins. A thread on deal docs:
How do I know this isn't a lemon?
Oh that's a good q. You need a deal calculator.

Here's how we measure it. Super simplified but it lets you not waste time on sh*t.
It's not an IOU, it's an LOI (letter of intent):
Fancy way of saying, Hey Homie, I'd kinda like to buy your business.

BUT I'm not proposing, we're not exclusive, we're just dating. Cool?
Your biggest expenses in laundry land are:
- Water💧
- Rent🏠

It's the 80/20 rule. Control the 80% and you can handle some loss in the 20%.
Getting due "diligencey" with it (ugh, that was a stretch)
- DD is how we private equity peeps dig into deals to see if they will ROI well
- This is a sample of one of our sheets for analysis

*Sidenote: I LOVE TEMPLATES, makes it easier to never get emotional w/ a deal.
Sometimes biz owners lie about their profits (SHOCKING - I know)

- So if the tax returns don't match the profits, you go count quarters.. I honestly love this, it's so oddly rewarding stacking coin
Creating a P&L
- Basically - are you getting what you paid for, can you run it and profit, throw it into a spreadsheet and math wins.
Thought we'd get your beak a little wettttt on how these deals get done.

1st deal is always the scariest, then you realize deals at $100M or $100k rhyme.

It's not easy, they're called sweaty biz's for a reason. BUT it is doable!
Holler in comments if you want the full stack of deal docs.

Or go check out Unconventional Acquisitions...
You want these bad boys?

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Aug 8
I’m 38.

Here are 17 lessons from 17 years in business I wish I knew at 21:
Never Lose Money

There's a reason this is Warren Buffett's #1 rule.

It doesn’t matter if you make $10 or $10M. If you lose money faster than you can make it, you're screwed.

Everything else in business is secondary to not going broke.
99% Of People Don't Move Fast Enough

Believe it or not, you have an actual cost to inaction.

Every time you say "one day," you cost yourself future dollars.

I waited a year to take my Goldman Sachs job. That delay cost me 6-figures.
Read 19 tweets
Aug 6
How to stay poor:

1. Never take risk.
2. Take risks you don’t understand.

Here’s how to minimize your risk when buying your first business:
There's no such thing as the right or wrong business.

There's only the business that's right or wrong for you.

The risk is often in buying something you know nothing about.

That's why I created the Contrarian Deal Clarity Framework to help first-time owners find their perfect biz.
You need to define 5 components:

1. Your Ideal Owner Experience
2. Your Zone of Genius
3. Business Size
4. Profit Requirements
5. Industry Focus

Let's break each one down:
Read 13 tweets
Aug 5
Why you never get what you want...

• You don’t ask.
• You don’t make it a win-win.
• You don’t know when to walk away.

Here's how to avoid these negotiation mistakes (& get the deal you deserve):
If you want to fail in negotiating and alway overpay… don’t read this.

Buyers with experience only negotiate on three variables that determine the value of a business.

Most sellers don't even understand these concepts, which gives you a massive advantage if you can educate them on how deals really work:
EBITDA/SDE

Contrary to popular belief, this isn't about the number on their P&L.

It's about the cash flow you’ll actually get when you take over.

Here’s an example: Image
Read 12 tweets
Aug 3
Only 6% of Americans own a business.

And of that, less than 1% ever hit $1,000,000 in revenue.

After investing in businesses for 15 years, here are three reasons why 99% of businesses never scale past 7-figures:
1. Organizational Challenges

There are a ton of sub-catagories here but today we’re going to unpack “Executive Vision.”

Most owners think their problems stem from poor strategy, when it’s typically poor execution.

You can have the best plan in the world, but if your team can’t understand it... you're not going anywhere.
You need to have a clear vision that every person in your business believes in and wants to fight for.

The best CEOs think in years, then translate this vision in plain english to their team.

Make it stupid simple: everybody needs to know where the biz is going, what their contribution is, and why they are important.Image
Read 16 tweets
Aug 2
One failure I wouldn’t trade for a success:

Losing $50,000 buying my first business.

Here are 10 lessons on deal-making that I learned the hard way (so you don’t have to):
Don't Buy An Unprofitable Business

It's tempting, but just don't.

Buying a turnaround means you're buying someone else's problems - cash burn, broken systems, demoralized teams.

Even if you fix it, you'll spend 3x more time and money than if you bought something that already works.
Beware Of Personal Guarantee Loans (Especially On Your First Deal)

PG = your personal assets are on the line if you can't pay back the business's loan.

Only do it if you're very rich or have investors who can cover you.

No heavier weight than debt you can't pay.
Read 13 tweets
Jul 26
Harsh truth on scaling businesses:

Your goal as CEO is to build a team that runs your entire company better than you.

5 other lessons I’ve learned the hard way from 15+ years of being an owner:
Operating Systems Win

The difference between McDonald's and your local burger joint isn't the food.

It's that any 16-year-old can run McDonald's because of their systems.

If your business needs you to be the hero every day, you own a job, not a business.

No systems = Everything breaks when you aren’t there
The most effective systems I’ve seen all had the same four features.

I call it the PEIC framework.

Apply them across your core functions and your business will pretty much run on autopilot: Image
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