New Podcast: How This Independent Sponsor Left The Corporate World To Acquire 8 Businesses In 8 Years

Hello SMB Deal Hunters!

I’m excited to share a new interview with Nick McLean, an independent sponsor who has acquired 8 businesses in 8 years through his company Four Pillars Investors.

Nick’s acquisitions include a steel fabrication business, a high-pressure aluminum die-casting company, a home furnishing business, a sheet metal business, and a machining facility.

Today's issue is sponsored by SMB Diligence, the platform I helped start for matching business buyers with vetted legal counsel and Quality of Earnings providers.

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INTERVIEW

In the interview with Nick, we discuss:

• How Nick decided to go all in on business acquisitions after losing his corporate job

• How Nick transitioned from working in the first business to stepping out of the day-to-day (and how he hired a President to run the business)

• Why Nick decided to transition from buying and operating a business to becoming an independent sponsor

• What the independent sponsor model looks like (and what the economics look like for all parties involved)

• And more!

👉 Watch the full 47-minute interview with Nick

PRESENTED BY SMB DILIGENCE

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Turns out their EBITDA was off by 2x 😳

Enter SMB Diligence.

SMB Diligence is the platform I helped start for matching business buyers with vetted diligence providers, from M&A lawyers to Quality of Earnings providers.

Their network of experts has worked on hundreds of small business transactions (including many from the SMB Deal Hunter community).

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