Family planning and entrepreneurship converged as Linh & Leo Van Deibel bought their first (and not last) business.

Topics in Linh & Leo’s interview:

• Making the case for business acquisition
• Taking family planning into account
• Searching in the UK as a non-citizen
• Being taken seriously as an Asian woman
• Their goal of building a holdco
• Thousands of meetings with sellers
• Search is a numbers game
• Brutal IVF process
• Giving up on acquiring SaaS
• Buying an engineering consulting firm

References and how to contact Linh & Leo:

• Linh Van Deibel LinkedIn
• Leo Deibel LinkedIn
• Their acquisition, Infrastructure Design Solutions
• Linh Tran on Acquiring Minds: The Dream Outcome: From $300k to $5m EBITDA

Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business:

• Email Nick Akers at nick@inzotechnologies.com, and tell him you’re a searcher

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

• The Acquisition Lab

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

Jacob VosWinkel searched in tertiary markets to find a successful flooring store, his platform to build something big.

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Topics in Jacob’s interview:

• Recommending markets of 50k-100k people
• Scraping BizBuySell listings
• Reaching out to 200 potential investors
• Raising $1 million equity in 2 weeks
• Advantages/disadvantages of searching under 30
• Moving across the country for the transition
• Flying home on weekends
• Growing to reduce customer concentration
• His responsibility to employees
• Growing 50% in 2 years

References and how to contact Jacob:

• Jacob’s YouTube channel
• Floors Galore
• LinkedIn
• Jordan Dubin on Acquiring Minds: First Acquisition in March, $200m by Year End

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

• The Acquisition Lab

Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business:

• Email Nick Akers at nick@inzotechnologies.com, and tell him you’re a searcher

Download the New CEO’s Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR:

• From this page or contact jenny@aspenhr.com

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

George Stern leaned into changing consumer search habits when he bought a digital marketing agency doing mid-7 figures.

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Topics in George’s interview:

• Turning around an Amazon seller’s agency
• Acquiring 2 small ecommerce businesses
• Loving the customers more than the product
• Selling his camping equipment business
• Acquiring an SEO agency
• Extreme difficulty getting a loan
• Big banks aren’t always better
• Choosing cold calling despite challenges
• Industry knowledge is overrated
• Being a “recovering, type-A control freak”

References and how to contact George:

• LinkedIn
• Grant and Julia Hensel on Acquiring Minds: Quitting Consulting to Buy a $1m SDE Agency

Work with an SBA loan team focused exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:

• Pioneer Capital Advisory

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

Get a free review of your books & financial ops from System Six (a $500 value):

• Book a call with Tim or hello@systemsix.com and mention Acquiring Minds

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron