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The First Steps to a Family Holdco

The First Steps to a Family Holdco

Acquiring Minds · Will Smith

January 26, 20261h 34m

About this episode

Family planning and entrepreneurship converged as Linh & Leo Van Deibel bought their first (and not last) business.Topics in Linh & Leo’s interview:Making the case for business acquisitionTaking family planning into accountSearching in the UK as a non-citizenBeing taken seriously as an Asian womanTheir goal of building a holdcoThousands of meetings with sellersSearch is a numbers gameBrutal IVF processGiving up on acquiring SaaSBuying an engineering consulting firmReferences and how to contact Linh & Leo:Linh Van Deibel LinkedInLeo Deibel LinkedInTheir acquisition, Infrastructure Design SolutionsLinh Tran on Acquiring Minds: The Dream Outcome: From $300k to $5m EBITDAGet a complimentary IT audit of your target business:Email Nick Akers at [email protected], and tell him you’re a searcherLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:The Acquisition LabGet complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedInFollow Will on TwitterEdited by Anton RohozovProduced by Pam Cameron

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