$50M Founder Explains How He Finds “Golden” Businesses

Synopsis

Brent Beshore (Adventur.es, ~$50M+ revenue) explains going from $50K/year to nine figures by buying cash-flow businesses, accidentally buying a $1M business for $0 via a personal-loan structure, just-in-time learning, his framework for a first small-business acquisition, and how he hires CEOs.

Ideas in this episode

• Onboarding / training GPT

  Brent Beshore explains cash-flow acquisition, just-in-time learning, hiring CEOs, and buying a $1M business for $0 via a personal-loan structure.

• Executive search / hiring firm

  Brent Beshore (Adventur.es, $50M+ revenue) explains buying a $1M business for $0 via a personal-loan structure and using a recruiter to find CEOs for portfolio companies.

• Buying cash-flowing lifestyle businesses

  Brent Beshore (Adventur.es, ~$50M+ revenue) on small-business acquisition, accidentally buying a $1M business for $0 via a personal-loan structure, just-in-time learning, his framework for a first acquisition and how he hires CEOs.

• Small business acquisition (no experience required)