The Ultimate Small Business Acquisition (Micro-PE) Resource List
The best books, podcasts, blogs, etc. on small business acquisition / micro private equity
Books on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company by Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
- Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game by Walker Deibel
- The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers by Brent Beshore
- Here's The Deal: Everything You Wish a Lawyer Would Tell You About Buying a Small Business
- The Outsiders by William Thorndike
Podcasts on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- Indie Acquisitions by Colin Keeley & Brent Sanders - two guys buying and building internet companies and talking about their learnings in the process
- Acquisition Anonymous by Michael Girdley, Bill D-Alessandro, and Mills Snell - great podcast breaking down real deals by experienced acquisition folks.
- Polsky's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - interviews with Booth professors and successful search funders.
- Think Like an Owner by Alex Bridgeman - good interview podcast with acquisition experts
- Acquiring Minds by Will Smith - good interview podcast with people that have acquired businesses
- Owned & Operated by John Wilson - more around business operations post-acquisition
- Sweaty Startup
- Beyond 8 Figures
- The Michael Girdley Show
- In the Trenches
- Small Business and Deal Making Podcast
- Buy and Build
Blogs on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- Stanford Search Fund Study
- Yale’s Prof. Wasserstein’s Search Fund Case Studies
- Nick Haschka on being a bad buyer
- Chenmark’s Weekly Thoughts Newsletter
- Corporate Finance Institute
- Buy Small Sell High
- Big Deal Small Business
- The Business Inquirer
Videos on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- Brent Beshore, Trish Higgins, and Will Thorndike at Capital Camp
- Irv Grousbeck (Stanford professor) discussion on search funds
- Evolution of the Search Fund since Irv Grousbeck
- Journey of a Self-Funded Searcher
Communities on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- SearchFunder - ugly site, but really the best community online dedicated to buying and selling businesses. Be sure to search the history for answers to your questions. There is a lot of gold in the comments from years ago.
Courses on Small Business Acquisition / Micro-PE
- Indie PE: How to Buy a Small Business - The premier course on how to buy a small business with everything you need to get your first deal done.
