Business Buying Strategies From The Dealmaker's Academy

Every week I interview someone from the world of mergers and acquisitions so we can find out their approach to buying businesses.   This week we go behind the scenes of July 2023’s Dealmakers Live event held just outside London. I talk with David Watt, who was on my mastermind program back in 2019. David bought seventeen businesses, built the business group up to over £20 million of annual revenue, and he's just done a deal selling it for an eight figure sum. This is his story and how he did it.  Key Highlights [01:29] David’s background [02:46] David’s first acquisition [05:19] Discovering the podcast and joining Jonathan’s programme [06:52] Learning from others on the programme [09:07] Building his management team to enable him to focus on new acquisitions [12:05] Approaching a big corporate  [14:45] Negotiating the sale [16:40] How David filters potential acquisitions and builds his pipeline [22:27] David’s advice for new dealmakers [25:25] Looking to the future Notable Quotes And I drove many miles up and