Buy and Build: Acquiring an Online Business & Building in Public

In this episode, we talk with our friend Mike Valley. Mike is a former NHL goalie and NHL coach with a ton of experience building businesses. We talk about what it takes to go from good to great, and the lessons he learned becoming one of the best in the world, and helping the best in the world become even better. If you want to reach out, you can find Mike on Twitter at @mikevalley29. --------- *Be one of our VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business, or are you currently building your own startup? Want to be a guest on the show? Want to just chat? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com, or reach Darryl on Twitter at @darrylklim and Nick at @scalfino.

This week LUNA and it's stablecoin UST blew up and took down the entire crypto market. Nick talks with the founder and writer of http://solsweet.co/, Toby Johnston, to break down all the madness. This story has a little bit of everything: Financial warfare, conspiracy theories, Citadel (the villains from the GameStop series), George Soros and the Bank of England, and an economic fallout to the tune of hundreds of billions. If you're interested in crypto, you don't want to miss this one. You can follow Toby on Twitter over at @TenderKiwi, and subscribe to his newsletter at http://solsweet.co/. --------- *Be one of our VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business, or are you currently building your own startup? Want to be a guest on the show? Want to just chat? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com, or reach Darryl on Twitter at @darrylklim and Nick at @scalfino.

In this episode, we talk with Danavir Sarria. Danavir is an e-commerce, SEO, SMS, and email marketing expert who works with 7-8 figure DTC brands. We dig into his strategies for building his own d2c brand from scratch, https://rooftopsquad.com --- and we couldn't let him go without getting his advice for growing our own businesses. Davavir gave us a bunch of immediately actionable advice, so I know you'll find this one helpful. You can find Danavir on Twitter at @danavirsarria, and if you want to work with him on your e-comm business you can reach out to him at https://supplydropmedia.com/. --------- *Be one of our VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business, or are you currently building your own startup? Want to be a guest on the show? Want to just chat? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com, or reach Darryl on Twitter at @darrylklim and Nick at @scalfino.

In this episode, we talk about the state of affairs in the crypto markets and get into the details of the new things we are building. Now that we've decided to move on from our project from last year, we needed to our next entrepreneurship challenge. While with Class Cast, We decided to work together, on these projects we're working separately. So in this episode we openly discuss how we started building what we're building, what it looks like and what our goals are for these projects. We will attempt to a better job at updating everyone on a regular basis as we build our businesses! Give this episode a listen and come along for the ride! --------- *Be one of our VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In this episode, we're back from the ashes (and we're really sorry for ghosting you) and we deliver you the full report on the business we bought last year. We tell you all the details you wanted to know about the business that we couldn't deliver before because we were in the middle of the business including cost of the business, tactics that we tried, corporate partnerships we were involved in, the lessons we learnt and how we tried to sell the business. Hear it all as we return back for Season 2 of Buy Build Podcast. --------- *Be one of our VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In this episode, we finally give an update on our business (as per request of many people), Class Cast and discuss all the different marketing options that we've tried that have worked and haven't worked. We'll let you know in detail about our different tests. In addition to this, being that we're at about 30 episodes, we wanted to recap some of the most important lessons that we've learnt in the journey of producing this podcast that our listeners can learn from and finally, we jump into some Crypto talk because it's that craze that's been taking over the internet. Want to subscribe to Nicholas's newsletter about crypto? Check it out here https://signup.thismorningonchain.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Ever built a website and thought, wow there's too many pages that I have create? Well, that's what AJ of Carrd.co thought. It turns out that he wasn't the only one. In fact there's 2.2 Million people who built 3.3 million websites on Carrd who thought the same. We interview the mysterious AJ to ask him about how Carrd got started, how he built up his user base to 2.2 Million, and how Carrd became a K-Pop sensation. For additional information on Carrd, check it out here at https://carrd.co/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Andrew Gazdecki, the CEO of Microacquire, was one of our first interviews. He was gracious enough to join us for a second episode where we talk to him about Microacquire raising a round, and all the other crazy updates going on with Microacquire. We also start rambling off some Hip Hop songs we've been listening - you won't hear this list anywhere else! Come join us as we explore about what has happened in the last 6 months since we last spoke! For additional information on microacquire, check it out here at https://microacquire.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Meet Kevin Jochelson. He's located in Sydney, Australia and he's a multiple time founder and entrepreneur. He recently decided to take a year long Sabbatical in order to pursue creating more businesses than ever before. We interview Kevin about understanding what made him want to pursue this journey, document it in public, what they are and what kind of blueprint he's using to roll all of this out. If you've got analysis paralysis, this is definitely the episode you want to watch as Kevin is all about taking action. If you want to get in touch with Kevin, you can reach him at twitter at https://twitter.com/kevjochelson Check out his business updates at kevjoc.com --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Back by popular demand, we brought back Ben Levy, Shann Puri's Business partner, back to the show; we had so much fun the first time around, we had to bring him back. On this episode, we talk to Ben about the world of NFTs, how found and sold an NFT for $150,000 profit, what he's working on right now like his E-commerce store with Shaan - how the product was chosen and what strategy he uses to grow it. We also do our own take on My First Million's ideas show where we ask Ben what are his top ideas that he would like to create next and we walk through/strategize how we would go about creating these products. If you want to get in touch with Ben, you can connect with him on twitter (@benmlevy) at https://twitter.com/benmlevy --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Meet Maximilian - he's the CEO of Basetemplates which he recently acquired. Since he was young, Max has been trying to figure out how to be an entrepreneur. He was programming games and bringing in thousands of players which is quite impressive (while other kids were just trying to get through High School). He exited his first business young, but he didn't stop there and continued his entrepreneurial journey towards other ventures that exploded into a multi-city expansion. We talk to Max about what his experience was building and exiting those businesses, how he's helping other entrepreneurs now, what he invests in as an Angel Investor and how he's launched multiple Product Hunt products with great success. This one is full of nuggets you won't miss! If you want to connect with Max, you can reach him on twitter @MaxFleit https://twitter.com/MaxFleit If you're an entrepreneur, looking to raise money, check out his templates to build out presentations over at https://www.basetemplates.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

If you've been an avid listener, you probably know most of the people we've been interviewing are buying shoplift apps or SAAS businesses. But then comes along someone who opens our eyes. Meet Mushfiq, the website flippa. He has done 175 website transactions on the buy, sell, and broker side! He specializes in SEO, where goes out, finds the right website with a great opportunity, then he puts his SEO mastery on it and determines the best way to monetize the business. Mushfiq jumps into detail with us and tell us about how he got started, he answers all of Darryl's marketing questions and what he's up to now. Check this one out to get inspired! If you want to get more info about Mushfiq, you can check out his website at https://thewebsiteflip.com/ If you want to get in touch with Mushfiq, you can connect with him on twitter at https://twitter.com/thewebsiteflip --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In today's episode, we speak to the other half of the tech team responsible for inventing the online hashtag hashtag. He's been a tech executive at some of the biggest companies in the world like Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, Landrover as well as launching his own companies in the travel/hotel spaces like Perfect Space & Room Steals, Nate Ritter. Nate tells us about his experience, lessons he learned that other entrepreneurs can learn from and what's next for Nate. If you want to get more info about Nate, you can check out his website at https://nateritter.com/ If you want to get in touch with Nate, you can connect with him on twitter at https://twitter.com/nateritter For those who are avid travellers like myself, Nate has provided a special discount for all guests - use the code buyandbuild for 20% off your first year with Roomsteals https://roomsteals.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In Today's episode, we interviewed a guest that has mastered the art of buying and building businesses. Dominic Wells is the CEO of Onfolio which is a company which acquires and manages diverse portfolios while offering investors a 12% Dividend annually. Dominic has spend the past decade working on his own business acquisitions and profitably growing them until the last few years where he started helping clients diversify their portfolios by investing with Onfolio which his agency will do the work on their behalf. We learn about all the secrets that Dominic has about acquiring and building businesses and the tips he provides to the Buy & Build Audience. Want to get in touch with Dominic, you can reach him on twitter https://twitter.com/TeamOnFolio or visit his website https://investinonfolio.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Our next guest has been on the road to buying a business for quite a while. He finally pulled the trigger and we got him on the show to talk about it more. Meet Henry Johnson, he's experience in a number of different businesses, but what he's known for is being an early adopter and getting ahead of the curve (like being an early adopter of Trends by the Hustle). In this episode, Henry talks about the business he purchased, how he intends on growing it as well as his experience of becoming an entrepreneur. For all those on the fence about buying a business, this is one you don't want to miss! If you want to get in touch with Henry, you can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TalktoHenryJ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Ever wondered where the online hashtag on social media started? Well look no further. Today we have the guest Chris Messina on the show. Chris has spoken at TEDx, SXSW, Google I/O, Microsoft's Future Decoded and many other leading conferences as well as featured in many other publications like The New York Times, Business Week, LA Times, Washington Post, and Wired. He tells us about the infancy of the hashtag, how it began and how it all rolled out. We talk about tech today (like Republic the investment platform for businesses), projects that he's worked on as well as his journey to being #1 Product Hunter on Product Hunt where many businesses launch their software to the next level! Want to get in touch with Chris? Connect with him on twitter - https://twitter.com/chrismessina Or check out his website here: https://chrismessina.me/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

If you're like us, you've probably wondered about the world of Angel Investors. What do they invest in, why do they invest in it and how do I get their attention? Well you've come to the right episode. In today's show we talk to Professor Dr Kevin Taylor who has invested in 20 different businesses and seen hundreds of different pitch decks. We ask Kevin about his background about creating his business, selling it to Groupon, then moving on to Angel Investing and what he looks for in different businesses. If you're looking for funding, you'll find plenty of gold nuggets, tips and proactive things you can do to help yourself. This is a show you don't want to miss. Want to get in touch with Kevin? You can check him out on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ktaylor --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Scratching his own itch, Sam had an e-commerce store but he was looking for operator to help run his store. Unfortunately, the only solution that he had or was told about was looking within his own network. After realizing this was a pain point in his journey, he decided to resolve this problem because if this was a problem of his, it must be others as well. Thus the creation of Chief Operators. Sam talks to us about how the journey began, what tech stack was involved, how he generated traction with his idea and more. If you want to get in touch with Sam, you reach him on twitter https://twitter.com/thesambass --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

With the movement of being more and more transparent with the type of work or product developers are producing, it has gain lots of traction in helping build businesses. The old way of thinking is building in the dark, finish your product then start selling. The new way is to describe everything you're changing about your software, how many paying customers you have and what your future plans are. Meet Arvid Kahl, he is one of the innovators and OGs of the Building in Public Movement. Arvid and his partner, Danielle, had a problem. Danielle was teaching english classes but there was an issue giving feedback in a timely fashion and needed a more efficient way of doing things. Feedback Panda was born and it as a painkiller that everyone who taught English knew they needed to have. Arvid discusses with us the origin story of Feedback Panda, how he & Danielle sold the business, the book he wrote about building in public as well as his newest book the Embedded Entrepreneur about how to find your raving fans and building a community around it. You don't want to miss this one. You can find his newest book here: https://gumroad.com/l/embedded-entrepreneur If you want to reach Arvid, you can connect with him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/arvidkahl --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Are you tired of writing your own copywriting and emails that take forever to research and think of? Look no further, our next guest had the same problem as you and I, so he decided to go out and build a software/SAAS that would help him create and write content that would help personalize more emails, create custom content like tweets, youtube titles, blog articles and more with the click of one button. We speak to Vaibhav about his experience and journey of how he became an entrepreneur, how he built his software development agency, had an exit, created a few more businesses and ended up running Smartwriter.AI. You don't want to miss this episode. To get in touch with Vaibhav, you can reach out to him at @veebuv - https://twitter.com/veebuv --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In today's episode, We speak to one of our closest internet friends that we've never met, Ben Levy. Ben was one of the originators of the All Access Pass where he and Shaan Puri (from My First Million Podcast) created a daily newsletter and email blast out about how they were going to build three projects, as well as a Slack Community where all three of us (Ben, Nicholas and Darryl) met. We talk about Ben's entrepreneurial background, his time at FanDuel while it raised a wild amount of money, how he became Shaan's business partner and some projects that he's working/investing in now (https://pallet.xyz/). This is a fun one and we're truly excited because if you ever gotten to know Ben, you know he's a down to earth guy, super humble and fun to talk to but is not too public about promoting himself, so this is somewhat of an exclusive

We got another one. A 20 something wonder kid who's showing us that age is no reason to stop you from doing anything including starting a business. Meet Daniel. He's 22 years old from the UK. He started an authentication company named Legitcheck for designer wear and he's generating $200k/annually in business with over 6 million lifetime users. Born out of necessity because he wanted to figure out how to spot something that was fake and if he felt this way, someone else must have too... 6 million others to be exact. We take into a deep dive into Daniel's journey of building his SAAS, some new projects he's working on and as always, buying and building businesses. Want to get in touch with Daniel? You can reach him on twitter at @chddaniel - https://twitter.com/chddaniel Daniel's Projects: Check out Daniel's New Project - https://simple.ink/ - The No-code websites, created in 1 click! To Find & set the perfect pricing for your SaaS use https://priceunlock.com/  Want to find out if your product is legit? Use Daniel's website - https://legitcheck.app/ —————- *If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests!  *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here  *In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

In college, we are usually busy with our faces buried in books, getting to know our classmates and having drinks - then occasionally, we dream about building wealth and some side hustle. Our next guest, Connor Gross made that dream a reality. He created the business Cardly with his business partner which is a nice looking wallet that sticks to the back of your cellphone. He started hustling hard by pushing his business to his college classmates and then eventually dominating Amazon. He tells us all about his numbers, how he got started, how he got traction and his strategy. After selling his business, Connor took a break and decided to buy a few other businesses. We take a deep dive into how that Cardly got acquired, some businesses that he recently bought and are now growing, as well as what's in the future for Connor Gross. Want to get in touch with Connor? You can reach him at twitter at @C_Gros and check out his podcast, https://thenextgenerationpodcast.com/ —————- In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Meet Chris Ake, contributor to Forbes Magazine and Co-author of the book, Journey to Success: Millennial Edition. He's been hustling since he was young and he's a non technical founder who figured out how to get in the technical game without actually being a developer. His entrepreneurial journey was inspired by an article in Tech Crunch and to this day he still has it framed. He was one of the founders of Grand Apps (acquired), a mobile app development company but now he's focused on Kyros, his digital agency for custom software and his other passion project, Sidekick AI. Sidekick AI is a direct competitor to Calendly that Chris and his co-founders created because he experienced problems first hand with the solutions out there for combining calendar events and emails. This software uses smart AI and syncs with both gmail & outlook to help schedule calendar events for you. Come join our episode as we talk Chris through his own personal journey and how he went from a mobile app company to creating his own software that was published in Appsumo! Want to get in touch with Chris? Connect with him on LinkedIn here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisake Want to check out more about Sidekick AI and get a video demo of it - check it out here - https://sidekickai.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Have a business already and looking to get acquired? Sign up for Acquihired here - http://getacquihired.com/

In today's episode, we had the opportunity to speak to Wil Schroter, the CEO of Startups.com and co-host of Startup Therapy. Wil has also purchased 6 former y-combinator businesses that didn't make it the next round, and rolled it into startups.com. In this interview we also discuss his losses, his wins and why he started startup.com. Wil's has helped millions of founders and businesses over his lifetime, and we discuss that with him. If you're a founder or soon to be business owner, you do not want to miss this episode as we try to ask him everything and anything. If you want to check out more about Wil and his business, you can head to https://Startups.com --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Have a business already and looking to get acquired? Sign up for Acquihired here - http://getacquihired.com/

It's been a little while since we've updated you on our purchased business and what better episode, than episode 10 to drop our update! We've been so wrapped up in getting some amazing guests on our podcast that we've forgotten to build/podcast in public about our business. We tell you what's going on in the last few months, what problems we've run into and what we intend to do to improve things. The great thing about this podcast is we've received so much great advice from our guests that we are going to use for our own business. In addition to the current business, Classcastlive.com, we are also creating an additional small business which you can hear about in this podcast! In the podcast, we mentioned a few things you can get the link to: Unbounce Affiliate Link - You get 20% off your first 3 months or 20% off your first year - https://unbounce.grsm.io/darryllim536 Sign up for Acquihired here - http://getacquihired.com/ --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Imagine being in debt $250k in student loans from Law School and living paycheck to paycheck - sounds painful doesn't it? Well this is exactly what Nick Fogle did and he decided he hated being lawyer, so he quit and taught himself how to code instead. His story is not for the faint at heart but if you're looking for inspiration - look no further! We walk through Nick's journey in great detail to understand the struggles to the small wins to the eventual sale of the business which finally helped him get out of debt. In case you're wondering what business he made, it's those fancy social media posts for podcasts with the video waves (wavve.co). And if you listened to our previous episode from Calm Capital, they're the ones who actually purchased Wavve, so we have a connection between a previous episode and this one here. Hope you all enjoy it, if you want to discuss further - feel free to connect in our facebook group more. Want to get in touch with Nick? You can reach him on twitter @nickfogle or https://twitter.com/nickfogle --------- *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here - https://ratethispodcast.com/buybuildpod/apple *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

What were you doing when you were 22? Our next guest, Daniel Scott Mitchell was busy winning $100k contests from My First Million and Microaquire to purchase an online business a couple months ago. We take a deep dive into Daniel's process and strategy to how he actually won this contest and more into his mentality that makes him one of the most driven 22 year olds and entrepreneurs We've ever seen. He is currently building soldstock.io, which is a Shopify app, he's the co-host of the Next Byte Podcast and he's also working on finishing the product to another contest he became runner up to involving Mitsubishi! We'll discuss all of that and more in this episode as we get to know Daniel! Want to get in touch with Daniel? You can reach him at twitter - @TheDanielMitch and check out his podcast, The Next Byte here —————- In today's show, we mention that we are releasing a new Chrome Meditation app and we're giving our listeners the first chance to join the beta launch! Go to this landing page here, enter your email and we'll send you information when we're ready to launch in the next couple of weeks! https://betatesting.buybuildpod.com/ * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Please rate and review us on Apple iTunes which you can do here *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Meet Adam, he built a Luxury Bags business with his wife which is doing quite well and it was built ORGANICALLY. Yes, he never paid for any ads and to this day, he's making 7 figures from his business. Knowing that he didn't have to use paid ads to build his business, he wanted to encourage others about this strategy which is what brought him to purchasing Socialwave.io - a shopify app that helps amplify User Generated content like testimonials and picture of merchandise to encourage others to notice the brand. We sit down and speak to Adam about how he got into the world of entrepreneurism and how this organic strategy works and why he purchased this SAAS business. —————- Today's show is sponsored by Median, go to hellomedian.com and save 20% off lifetime membership by using the code buyandbuild * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Ever wanted to leave your day job and go on to own your own Online store and software? Tom went from the Film Industry, Sales to finally owning his own store. He decided it was time take his store to the next level but also purchasing a software that would help with his conversion as well as everyone else's. Tom talks about his entrepreneurial journey, how he got to where he is today and what he intends to do with his app (Trtle). If you want to connect with Tom, you can reach him at tm@superco.io —————- Today's show is sponsored by Median, go to hellomedian.com and save 20% off lifetime membership by using the code buyandbuild * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/ *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com

Ever wonder what it's like to own 10 companies? We speak with David Horne and Marty Balkema of Calm Capital. They talk about how their partnership started, what they look for when acquiring businesses, how they intend to grow their businesses and now they manage to run all these businesses. Come join us to get insight from Calm Capital (calmcapital.com) —————- Today's show is sponsored by Median, go to hellomedian.com and save 20% off lifetime membership by using the code buyandbuild * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe!*Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/

Former enterprise Salesman, Entrepreneur and owner of Loop. Scott found Microacquire by accident and was window shopping; he was not in the market for the business. But when he came across this business, he couldn't resist; this was technology he believed all businesses need in the next 5 years. Scott ended up buying a business that screen shares in real time called Median (hellomedian.com). Median is a screen sharing app like zoom or google meet but built directly onto your website and without any installs. Join us as we learn about how Scott quits his full time gig to be an entrepreneur, decides to buy  Median, how he intends on growing it and where he hopes this business will go. For more on Median, who is also our sponsor for today, go to hellomedian.com and save 20% off lifetime membership by using the code buyandbuild ----------------------- * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us! Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe! *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/

Have you ever thought about why Microacquire was originally built? Or Perhaps you're interested in the best steps for buying and building a business? In today's episode, We hang out and talk to Andrew Gazdecki, the CEO of Microacquire whose been named to Inc.'s 30 under 30 Entrepreneur and is a 3x founder where two of his past businesses were acquired (the Wix of Web Apps & Decentralized exchange) . Andrew talks Microacquire, the online business marketplace, why he decided to build it, what advice he has for other entrepreneurs who are looking to buy and build as well as some fun facts about Andrew that not a lot of people know about! For additional information on microacquire, check it out here at https://microacquire.com/ ——————-— * If you haven't done so already, please pound that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us! Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe!   *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/

In this episode, it's a solo episode with Darryl Lim. He discusses the actual details of the business that was purchased, what happened in the first week of business and how effective Facebook Ads were based on running it off an old video creative with Saff from Tiger King. If you want to sign up for a free trial at ClassCastLive.com - you can go here now - https://classcastlive.com/register/?discount=freetrial ——————-— * If you haven't done so already, please pound that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us! Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe!   *Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/

In episode 1 we dig into the company that we bought, why this company seemed like a good opportunity to us, and how we plan to grow it. ———————— * If you haven't done so already, please *smash* that subscribe button as we drop more episodes and special guests weekly! This also helps our small podcast grow so we can keep bringing awesome guests! * Have you bought a business before and are currently building it? Want to be a guest on the show? Send us an email to buybuildpod@gmail.com *Support the pod by spreading the word - refer us and tell friends. Send them to https://buybuildpod.com/ and click Subscribe!*Be one of our early adopters and VIPs - Join our facebook group by joining here https://www.facebook.com/groups/buyandbuild/