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Adam Markley

@AdamMarkleySMB

Self-Funded Search Investor | SMB Acquisition Entrepreneur (8x Active Holdings) | Actively creating community through the Denver and Baltimore ETA meetups

Denver, CO Katılım Ocak 2012
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Adam Markley
Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
My standing offer to all searchers… I will happily review your deals for you and help you conceptualize your structure, highlight risks, areas to dig into, etc. I spoke last week at the @VeteranETA virtual meetup and met Rob there. An email, review, and 40-minute call later the deal looked substantially different. Here’s to hoping it works out, but if not, you’re on the right path!
Rob Brooks@therobertbrooks

Exactly 1 month after finishing @SMBootcamp_ I have submitted my first LOI. Coming into this world of ETA my assumption was that I could learn things on my own, but given I am a full-time self-funded searcher, and wanted to accelerate things, I decided to give @Sam_Rosati and @ChandlerReedSMB a chance. I can say with 100% confidence there is no way I would even been at the table on this deal without the lessons and tools given from the boot camp but also the network of amazing partners and deal team members that came from it. Thank you @sbabmarks, @AdamMarkleySMB and John McLeod for diving in with me on the deal. I worked what feels like 50 different ways of structuring this to land on a final approach, due to mitigating customer concentration risk, and couldn't have gotten there without you. I can't see the future and whether or not the sellers will accept my terms, but at least I know if they do I will be in a good spot to protect the companies future. @JermanMichael - you're on deck if the sellers accept! In the meantime, on to the next!

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TK@sourcesandmuses·
I’ve been under LOI for a month but have been at an impasse. Had dinner last night with the seller and it was clear none of the back and forth was truly over deal economics. Truly humbling to see the seller brought to tears on facing the reality of handing off his life’s work, and his father before him. We obsess over multiples, addbacks, capital structure, but none of that really matters to the guy across the table. To see that raw emotion, really put things into perspective. A dinner I’ll never forget. Glad to get up from that table with a path forward because this is a great business with even better people
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Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
@KHendersonCo My guy. Your beard was built to be a fu manchu. Keep dropping the knowledge bombs.
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Kevin Henderson
Kevin Henderson@KHendersonCo·
I don’t know who this guy having a bad hair day in this video is, but damn, he’s dropping some killer advice that every buyer and seller should be aware of when doing deals! 🔥
Ryan Ray 🦏@ryanraysr

Can any attorny help you sell your company? Maybe. But you need really need a M&A attorney. @KHendersonCo explains why The exit ready cohort starts 2/10. Learn how exactly what you need to do to get hundreds of thousands, if not millions more, when you exit. rgahub.short.gy/ExitReady

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Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
@LisaGForrest As I always say… “DSCR is what buys you the company, but working capital is what allows you to survive.” In these days of stretching on deals, the latter tends to get forgotten.
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Lisa Forrest
Lisa Forrest@LisaGForrest·
Growth isn’t free. And it sure as hell doesn’t just happen. You need excess liquidity. Not your operating cash. New machine? New sales hires? Expect ramp-up time. Integration. Training. Downtime. Delays. If you’re using payroll, rent, or lender money to “fund growth”… Stop. That’s not strategy — that’s gambling. Talk to your CFO. Or a fractional one. Or your CPA. More debt won’t fix a liquidity crunch. Bank deferrals don’t save you — they sink you deeper. You’ll end up needing equity. So plan ahead. Stack cash first. Then grow. @sarah_m_andrews @Slackwatercap @AdamMarkleySMB @systemsixbooks @patrickdichter @SMB_Attorney @SMB_ash @SBA_Matthias @MikeBotkin_ @CTW_SMB @profithuntercfo
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Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
@alexmcaulay @TreewalkQOE We loved having them in Colorado, as a partner of the RMETA conference, sharing their work and experience on QOEs.
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SMB Attorney@SMB_Attorney·
Had an incredible time at the first ever Rocky Mountain ETA conference this weekend in Boulder. Thanks to @AdamMarkleySMB and team for hosting! My two favorite quotes from the event: “If you can’t calculate EBITDA, DSCR and cash flow, don’t buy a business!” @LisaGForrest “You shouldn’t work fast. If someone is pushing you to move fast, push back.” @JaredJohnsonSBA
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SMB Attorney@SMB_Attorney·
Beautiful morning in Boulder to learn about ETA — Will be live posting all day from the first ever Rocky Mountain ETA conference. Stay tuned!
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Pumped to be sponsoring the first-ever Rocky Mountain ETA Conference at UC Boulder this weekend. Licensed in both Colorado and Utah, @smblawgroup has handled a ton of mountain state M&A since we inception and it’s been some of our favorite work. If you’ll be at the conference, reach out. Would love to connect!

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Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
Let's do this dang thing. Been such a blast to help coordinate this event. If you've not yet registered for the Rocky Mountain ETA Conference... why not? Only nine days away on the 25th of October in Boulder, Colorado. Check out this packed agenda in the image below. We've got over 25 panelists/speakers, covering the 411 on all things search/business acquisition related. A couple of my favorites that I can't wait to watch? ➡️ Operating Post-Acquisition: Blood, Bruises & Bias for Action ➡️ Intermediaries vs. Proprietary Search: A Brutally Honest Exchange Don't want to miss out? Link to register below.
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SMB Attorney@SMB_Attorney·
Pumped to be sponsoring the first-ever Rocky Mountain ETA Conference at UC Boulder this weekend. Licensed in both Colorado and Utah, @smblawgroup has handled a ton of mountain state M&A since we inception and it’s been some of our favorite work. If you’ll be at the conference, reach out. Would love to connect!
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Adam Markley@AdamMarkleySMB·
@SMB_Attorney @smblawgroup Thrilled to have you in Colorado this weekend. Been a blast building and creating the community and university support for the conference.
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Clint Fiore 🦬 DM for Biz Deals
Yes you CAN assume the Seller’s EIDL loan with SBA approval. Great potential source of cheap debt.
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TK@sourcesandmuses·
Got a lot of new followers from some recent posts, so wanted to bump the below on getting people together to talk through deals on a semi-regular cadence (big shout out to @AdamMarkleySMB for the inspiration) Oddly enough, the one thing I miss most about being at a fund was IC (Partner politics aside). Deep dives on deals, getting additional perspective when the rose-tinted sunglasses on deals were apparent, and learning deal point specifics from those that had many more reps than I did. Search / IS is a lonely world, so if you miss the cadence of talking through deals with others, shoot me a DM as I look to get the first meeting going soon. Open to anyone out there who has a deal under LOI, already owns a business, or is just starting their search (prior PE / IB experience preferred). I’ve seen others try this as well, but no sense in making people pay for this, I’m just looking to build the type of things I wish I had when I started my search If a group setting isn’t your speed, my DMs are always open to talk 1 on 1 on deals as well
TK@sourcesandmuses

Any searchers that would be interested in setting up a de facto “investment committee” style recurring meeting? I’ve met with a lot of people from here that have appreciated talking through each others deals, so looking to see if I can get something more formal together (search is a lonely world, and always good to get perspective, especially when you have the rose-tinted glasses on)

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TK@sourcesandmuses·
Any searchers that would be interested in setting up a de facto “investment committee” style recurring meeting? I’ve met with a lot of people from here that have appreciated talking through each others deals, so looking to see if I can get something more formal together (search is a lonely world, and always good to get perspective, especially when you have the rose-tinted glasses on)
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