Listen "19: Questions to Ask Before Acquiring a SaaS Business feat Janet A. Carr"
Episode Synopsis
00:01 Intro 1:00 How Janet got into software and her background14:00 Janet is looking to buy a SaaS14:30 Do you need an investment thesis before buying? How do you come up with it?17:06 How to value a business?20:03 What can you ask the seller during a sale?21:45 Can you find out other SaaS metrics like ARPU, Lifetime value?25:14 Is it necessary for a buyer to have experience or the grand vision of the business?27:13 Buying a SaaS is like running a local coffee shop rather than creating Starbucks27:27 How do you structure a deal?29:43 How do you find a lawyer to help you with closing SaaS deals?31:01 Can you ask for certain clauses to be baked in to the purchase agreement? eg Non-compete31:34 Can you include the list of customers and/or service agreement in the purchase agreement?32:45 How would you handle rebranding of the asset after the acquisition?References:How to Buy Small Companies Course—where Matt and Johnny met (This is an affiliate link)Seller's Discretionary EarningsFE Internationalhttps://janetacarr.comJanet's twitterJohnny's portfolio & updateshttps://surveybot.iohttps://newsletter.johnnytong.comMatt's portfoliohttps://sftwr.iohttps://wpdiscussionboard.com/https://WPGeeks.comFollow us on Twitter for more live deal/progress updates@johnnytong@mattgeri@buygrowrepeatOur podcast is edited by Rory Jongkergouw@radiorory
More episodes of the podcast Buy Grow Repeat
73: Is it us talking or are we bots?
19/10/2022
72: Dependency Hell
06/10/2022
71: Johnny Shoots He Scores!
21/09/2022
70: From Building Clown Websites to Generating 22k Per Month with Map Software—Steve Benjamins
14/09/2022
69: Getting Customer Feedback
07/09/2022
68: Matt taking over Surveybot?
31/08/2022
67: How to Measure Things like a Canadian
25/08/2022
66: Ripping Off the Bandage
17/08/2022
65: Small Bets vs Big Bets
10/08/2022
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.