
Indie Acquisitions
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Ep 46How We Lost a Deal & How We Can Do Better Next Time
Colin and Brent discuss how and why to use debt to buy a business and different options for offering it. 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 45How & Why to Use Debt to Buy a Business
Colin and Brent discuss how and why to use debt to buy a business and different options for offering it. 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 44Future of Micro Acquisitions Course, Knees Over Toes, & Tech Savings
Future of Micro Acquisitions Course, Knees Over Toes, & Tech SavingsReach 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 43Productized Technical Diligence, Building Standard Operating Procedures, & DeFi Issues
Colin and Brent discuss Brent' family building, standard operating procedures, DeFi issues, and productized technical diligence.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 42ESW Capital Operating Manual - Hardcore Shared Services
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's operating manual for Joe Liemandt (ESW Capital) Operating Manual.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 41How to Give a SaaS a Modern Facelift
Colin and Brent discuss what it took to give a redesign to Blinksale and what they would have done differently.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 40DeFi, Wealth Building, NFTs, & the Metaverse with Jason Hitchcock
@JasonHitchcock If you are new to the space I wanted to provide a quick glossary of terms and phrases that you might not be familiar with. Check it out here:Crypto Glossary:$ETH - I don’t own any Bitcoin. Bullish on Eth becoming the iOS of crypto. The next few months will be wild as miners are zeroed out, fees get burned, and staked eth yields go up. You cannot own enough eth. Setting up a validator is the easiest path to non trivial passive income$Luna - user friendly Defi gov token that gets more valuable as more $UST is minted$ALCX - self paying loans. ALCX will earn 10% of protocol fees in v2, and grow along with stablecoin demand$HNT - decentralized cellular network with parabolic growth$AKT - A decentralized version of AWS compute. Users pay bills with AKT and fees go to stakers at 56% apy$ATOM- the gov token for the blockchain-in-a-box. Earns fees with every cross-chain transaction on IBC, the standard for interoperability.$crv and $CVX: stake these to earn crazy yield from stablecoin swaps on Curve.$RUNE: cross chain liquidity of native assets. This will truly bring Bitcoin to defi. Insanely hard problem to solve is solved.$OGN - Shopify for NFT drops. OGN is making big deals, pay attention$MATIC - first mover of the L2s has already inhaled billions on liquidity, and launches major integrations every day.$SUSHI - not just an exchange; but offering a full suite of smart contract templates for projects to launch their token economy. And it earns fees when staked$AAVE - the perpetually undervalued lending platform that has an ocean of liquidity.$ETH2x-FLI a token that gives exposure to a perfectly executed 2x leverage strategy on Eth. When eth is up, this goes up double. No liquidations or gas fees!$osmo - osmosis is the uniswap of Cosmos and the first dex. It went to 100m in tvl in 2 weeks. Not bad! It’s the only place in defi to get all the Cosmos tokens.$MOB - mobile coin is the payments token for signal. If it works out, they have millions of users who’d benefit$ARCx - the first onchain credit score system for defi. Not all LPs or borrowers are the same. Protocols can give better liquidation levels or better rates depending on track record$RPL - if you believe staking ETH will be big, then the east staking-as-service will be tooCryptopunks- the first @larvalabs’s innovation predated the ERC-721 token standard and was the inspiration for it.
Ep 39Why You Should Take a Week to Learn DeFi
Colin and Brent discuss what Colin has learned over the last week by doing a deep dive into crypto and DeFi.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 38Hiring Abroad, Structuring Value-Add, & Buying Companies with Pipe
Colin and Brent discuss hiring employees abroad, structuring value-add, & buying companies with PipeEnroll 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 37Robert F. Smith (Vista Equity Partners) Story - Billionaire Software PE
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's operating manual for Robert F. Smith & Vista Equity Partners with $75m AUM.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 36How to Run Shared Services in PE & VC
Colin and Brent discuss problems with a startup studio, setting up internal services in PE, and different value-add structures.Enroll in Colin's Micro-PE Course at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 35Outbound vs Inbound Deal Sourcing & Course/Community Launch
Colin and Brent discuss discuss Colin's new micro-pe course and community and deal sourcing with outbound vs inbound. Pre-order Colin's Micro-PE Course at IndiePE.com.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 34How to Crowdfund a Micro PE Deal
Colin and Brent discuss discuss crowdfunding a micro PE deal from users and the public.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 33How to Structure a Private Equity Fund
Colin and Brent discuss discuss how to structure a private equity fund after speaking with LPs.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 32Mark Leonard (Constellation Software) Story - Billionaire Software Empire Builder
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's operating manual for Constellation Software, owner for 500+ software companies.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 31The Deal Process & Evergreen Fund Structures
Colin and Brent discuss micro-pe deal process, evergreen fund structures, and investing in funds.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 30Soft Landings for Venture Orphans
Colin and Brent discuss stepping off the VC treadmill, the Micro-PE course production and dealing with lawyers.Bryan Johnson (Braintree & Kernel) podcastReach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 29Micro-PE Course & Buying vs Building
Colin and Brent discuss Colin's Micro-PE course production and buying vs building Shopify apps. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 28How to Source Small Companies to Buy
Colin and Brent discuss the different places to find businesses to buy and the pros and cons of each.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 27How to Build a World-Class Network
Colin and Brent discuss building a magnet for cool people, protecting your most valuable resource, and Basecamp's drama of the week.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 26Opportunities in Micro-PE & Picking Our Niche
Colin and Brent discuss opportunities in micro-pe and picking our niche.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 25Track Records, Deal Examples, & Business Coaching
Colin and Brent discuss opportunity in niche SaaS companies, avoiding analysis paralysis, and tactics to be present in life.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com
Ep 24Setting up a Private Equity Firm
Colin and Brent discuss infrastructure needed to do more deals, startup studio vs holding company talent, and exploring a permanent equity structure.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 23The One Question to Ask as a Product Owner
Colin and Brent discuss continuing to improve what we do best and building out our team of contractors.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 22Setting Up Analytics & Wrestling with Legacy Code
Colin and Brent discuss how to treat customers on old plans, measuring what matters, the beauty of Stripe.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 21We Bought Blinksale, a Profitable B2B SaaS!
Colin and Brent discuss why we bought Blinksale, concerns on the deal, and the plan for more acquisitions.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 20Closing our First Micro-PE Acquisition
Colin and Brent discuss sourcing the first deal, timeline on diligence and closing, and managing the transition. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 19Negotiating a Micro-PE Acquisition
Colin and Brent discuss indemnification and liability caps, starting with a business coach, Roam & daily journalingReach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 18AngelList for Acquisitions and Automation Sprints
Colin and Brent discuss the messy market of small acquisitions, standardized docs for transactions, automation & design sprints.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 17OnlyFans & Business Coaching
Colin and Brent discuss the opportunities around OnlyFans, business vs athletics coaching, mentors and therapy.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 16Micro Private Equity and SBA Loans
Colin and Brent discuss the SBA loan process, micro private equity, and management after purchasing.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 15Nootropics, Fractional Employees, & Clubhouse
Colin & Brent discuss nootropics, fractional employees, & ClubhouseReach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 14The Most Efficient Business We Use
Colin and Brent discuss the story of BuiltWith, working with a VA, building, boting, or buying.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 132020 Year in Review
Brent and Colin discuss the popular trends we disagree with, favorite finds of the the year, and predictions for 2021.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 12Our VC-backed Competitor is Struggling
Brent and Colin discuss the struggles of Knowable, an audio course competitor, and what that means for us and the broader audio market. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 11Making Audio Courses Interactive
Brent and Colin discuss how good transcriptions have gotten and the fun possibilities that come with it. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 10How We Build Product
Brent and Colin discuss how we build product and work together. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 9How to Cold Email Anyone
Colin and Brent discuss how to cold email anyone and get a response.- Subject lines that convert- Building targeted lead lists- Customizing emails at scaleReach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 8Improving Conversion Rates
Brent and Colin discuss improving conversion rates and pricing a digital product. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 7The Power of Dogfooding
Brent and Colin discuss the power of dogfooding, hiring a VA in the Philippines, and getting your money back from Tony Robbins.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 6What's Not Allowed on our Platform?
Brent and Colin discuss what's allowed on our platform and cohort based courses. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 5Amazonification of the Audio Market
Brent and Colin discuss the Audible/Amazon return scandal and our new feedback feature. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 4How to Get Customers Without a Big Budget
How to Get Customers Without a Big Budget- Direct outreach: hyper-targeted and cheap- SEO: build top of funnel, get started early - Referrals: pay your customers, not facebookReach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 3Our First Coaching Customer
Interview with our first coaching customer, Jackie McNamara.Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 2Pricing in the Creator Economy
How we are thinking about value-based pricing when we don't know our value yet. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.
Ep 1The Founding Story (Start Here!)
Colin and Brent talk about what they've been working on for the past year. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Publish and sell your audio courses on AvocadoAudio.com.