Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game
About this product
Entrepreneurs have a problem: startups. Almost all startups either fail or never truly reach a sustainable size. Despite the popularity of entrepreneurship, we haven’t engineered a better way to start. …Until now.What if you could skip the startup phase and generate profitable revenue on day one?In Buy Then Build, acquisition entrepreneur Walker Deibel shows you how to begin with a sustainable, profitable company and grow from there. You’ll learn how to: ● Buy an existing company rather than starting from scratch● Use ownership as a path to financial independence● Spend a fraction of the time raising capital● Find great brokers, generate your own “deal flow,” and see new listings early● Uncover the best opportunities and biggest risks of any company● Navigate the acquisition process● Become a successful acquisition entrepreneur● And moreBuy Then Build is your guide to outsmart the startup game, live the entrepreneurial lifestyle, and reap the financial rewards of ownership now. Read more
Editor's Take
Amazon reviewers describe this book as a practical, step-by-step guide to acquisition entrepreneurship, with several calling it a must-read for anyone considering buying a business. Goodreads readers commonly praise the book for being incredibly helpful, offering little fluff, and giving useful frameworks and formulas. One Amazon review snippet calls it a thoughtful step by step guide, and Kirkus Reviews says it is deftly written, exceedingly thorough, and highly informative.
On Reddit, discussion is more skeptical and debate-oriented, with users challenging some claims in the book and questioning the realism of certain acquisition assumptions. Overall, the sentiment across review sites and forums is that the book is strong on clarity, structure, and motivation, while some readers want more nuance around risk and implementation.
Search results also surfaced several YouTube videos directly about the book or its author, including an audiobook preview and Walker Deibel interviews/talks. These appear to be relevant to the specific product, but only video IDs extracted from real YouTube watch URLs are included below.
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| Topic | Entrepreneurship |
Product Details
| Publisher | Lioncrest Publishing |
| Publication date | October 20, 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 310 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1544501137 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1544501130 |
| Item Weight | 14.2 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.78 x 8.5 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,067 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in Business Purchasing & Buying #1 in Consolidation & Merger #1 in Valuation (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,301) |
