Indie Acquisitions
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Ep 96We Bought a Bankrupt Software Company
Colin and Brent discuss buying Prolifiq, a bankrupt enterprise software company.Want to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 95How to Build High-Performing Teams in Latin America
Colin discusses everything he has learned about building teams in Latin America.- When and how to hire globally- Best roles and places to hire- Share how others are doing it- Common mistakes to avoidWant to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 94Hard Lessons Learned Scaling a Startup in Year 1
Colin and Brent discuss their wins and losses and lessons learned in the last year.Colin's lessons learned in year 1: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/hard-lessons-learned-scaling-a-startupWant to get my best breakdowns for free? Grab them here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at HireinSouth.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 93Bending Spoons Breakdown (Italian Constellation Software)
Colin and Brent discuss how Luca Ferrari & Bending Spoons built its holding company.Colin's breakdown of Bending Spoons: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bending-spoons-operating-manualWant to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 92How to Deliver Unreasonable Hospitality
Colin and Brent discuss great books, customer support, tech diligence, a Latin American staffing firm.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 91How to Deal with Lawsuits & Ransoms
Colin and Brent discuss lawsuits and ransoms they've dealt with and seen.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 90Capital Camp 2024 & Tough Turnarounds
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's learnings from Capital Camp 2024 and tough debt turnarounds.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 89How We Use AI to Replace Employees
Colin and Brent discuss how they are using AI to write code and do marketing for their software companies.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 88Visiting a Secret Club, Austin, Latin America Hiring & Remote Teams
Colin and Brent discuss Brent's secret club, visiting Austin, launching a Latin American staffing company, and managing remote teams.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 87How Double Your Software Business With Services
Colin and Brent discuss the process of adding services to grow their software business. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterHire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.comEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 86How to Use Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to Scale Your Business
Colin and Brent discuss implementing Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) at their software company.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 852023 Recap: Wins, Losses, & Learnings
Colin and Brent discuss 2023's wins, losses, and learnings building a software holding company.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 84We Sold Our SaaS Business! Learnings & Process
Brent and Colin discuss selling their first SaaS acquisition in Blinksale and the process and learnings from doing it.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterEnroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 83How to Raise Prices & Launch Growth Services
Colin and Brent discuss raising prices, launching their new google review service, and buying vs building.Grow your local business https://www.maplejoin.comWant to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterEnroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 82How to Buy a Venture Capital Orphan (Real Example)
Colin and Brent discuss buying a venture capital-backed company that's in distress.Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletterEnroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 816 Month Review of a SaaS Acquisition
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's their acquisition of Scout (scoutforpets.com) 6 months in with growth channels, what's worked, and what's happened. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 80How to Bootstrap a $300m Tourism Vertical SaaS
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's breakdown of FareHarbor and Peter Attia's $150,000 longevity playbook. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 79How a Ex-Googler Built a $220m Vertical SaaS in Flooring
Colin and Brent discuss Brent's Scout update, building vertical software for flooring, and buying a house vs buying a business. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 78We Made a Huge Mistake
Colin and Brent discuss Scout's bumpy product launch and rebuilding trust.Colin's takeaways from Capital Camp 2023: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/capital-camp-2023-review-takeaways Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 77How the Pritzkers Made Their Billions Through Acquisition
Colin and Brent discuss Jay & Robert Pritzker / Marmon Group Business Breakdown https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/jay-... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 76Brent Beshore & Permanent Equity Business Breakdown
Colin and Brent discuss how Brent Beshore's Permanent Equity built its holding company.Colin" breakdown of Permanent Equity: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bren... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 75How to Manage & Grow a Remote Team
Colin and Brent discuss how we are managing and growing our remote team. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 74Software Companies Are Dead. ChatGPT Killed Them.
Colin and Brent discuss the impact of ChatGPT and AI on software companies. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 73How To Build an Offshore Tech Team & Transition Challenges
Colin and Brent discuss all things tech. How to build an offshore team and limits of tech debt. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.comGet our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growthSell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com
Ep 72How to Bootstrap a Startup from $0 to $1 million in ARR
Colin and Brent discuss how to self-fund / bootstrap the perfect startup from $0 to $1m in ARR and whether you need a technical co-founder. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community and SaaS Growth Playbook.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 71How to Find Riches in Software Niches
Colin and Brent discuss niching down a software business to own one space to grow faster. https://www.blinksale.comEnroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community and SaaS Growth Playbook.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 70Tiny Goes Public & How to Structure a HoldCo
Colin and Brent discuss Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling going public and how to structure a holding company with LLCs, C-Corps, QSBS, and more.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 69Buying 134 Software Companies in a Year
Colin and Brent discuss a competitor being bought and how Constellation buys so many companies.Sorry for the echo on Brent's audio. We switched to Riverside for this recording and had some issues. I fixed it as much as I could.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 682022 Recap: 2023 Opportunities, Wins, Failures, & Lessons
Colin and Brent discuss 2022's wins, losses, and learnings building a software holding company.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 67How to Build Trust to Buy Companies & Sell Products
Colin and Brent discuss how to build trust to close deals with sellers and investors.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 66How to Transition & Grow a Company After You Buy It
Colin and Brent discuss transitioning and growing Scout since they bought it.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 65We Bought Scout! Learnings & Negotiation Play-by-Play
Colin and Brent discuss buying Scout, the leading dog walking and pet sitting software.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 64How You Can Buy a Business With the Profits From the Business
Colin and Brent discuss growing a business with a broken funnel, buying the rights to an out-of-print book, and $20k AWS bill.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 63Product Led Growth vs Enterprise Sales, Buying the Rights to an Out-of-Print Book, Lebron of Pickleball
Colin and Brent discuss growing a business with a broken funnel, buying the rights to an out-of-print book, and $20k AWS bill.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 62What Matters in Acquisition Due Diligence & Warren Buffett Handshake Deals
Colin and Brent discuss how they conduct due diligence and simplifying the legal side of acquisitions.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 61Pros & Cons of Venture Capital, Private Equity, & Startup Studios
Colin and Brent discuss pros and cons of venture capital, private equity, and startup studios.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 60Losing a Deal to Mark Leonard, HoldCo Conference & a $100M NFT Fund
Colin and Brent discuss Brent's experience at the Holding Company conference and their most recent dead deal.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 59John Malone Operating Manual (Billionaire Cable Cowboy)
Most of this comes from the book:“Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business” by Mark Robichaux “The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success” by William ThorndikeJohn Malone Operating ManualEnroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 58Deep Work, Productivity Hacks, & Sleep Training
Colin and Brent discuss their deep work approach, productivity hacks, and sleep trainingSnoo Smart Sleeper Baby Bassinet Brent reviews.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 57How to Become a Lighthouse for Like-Minded People
Colin and Brent discuss their content consumption and creation and why they spend so much time thinking about it.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 56Buying Companies in a Downturn & Launching a Cohort-Based Course on Acquisitions
Colin and Brent discuss buying companies in a downturn and Colin's new cohort-based course.Sign up for Colin's cohort-based course on acquisitions. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 55Hiring Overseas Like the Navy Seals & Launching an Anti-Franchise With Jon Matzner
Jon Matzner is the CEO of Garage Excell, a garage remodeling and organization specialists based out of Southern California. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 54How to Hire & Train Virtual Assistants
Colin and Brent discuss their failure to hire virtual assistants in the past and how they plan to do better next time.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 53How to Balance Building & Buying Companies?
Colin and Brent discuss whether they should restart an earlier project, balancing internal and external work, and audience building on Twitter.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 52New Name! Baremetrics Price Increase, Twitter Hostile Takeover & Product Improvements
Colin and Brent discuss the podcast's new name, baremetrics price increase, Twitter hostile takeover, & product improvements. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 51Buying Internet vs Non-Internet Businesses & Paid Acquisition Funnel
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's experience buying ads for his micro-pe course and thoughts around buying non-internet businesses.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 50How to Increase Prices & Keep Customers Happy
Colin and Brent discuss how to increase prices and keep customers happyReach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 49How to Raise Money & Find Investors for Private Equity Deals
Colin and Brent discuss how to raise money & find investors for private equity deals.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 48Our Latest Acquisition Story & Danger of Building in Public
Colin and Brent discuss their latest acquisition, leverage, and danger of building in public.Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 47How to Do Acquisition Due Diligence & Smoothly Transition a Business
Colin and Brent discuss how to do acquisition due diligence and smoothly transition a business. Reach out if you want some tech and product diligence done.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course & Community at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com