The Acquisition Playbook: Personal Lessons from Buying Businesses Worldwide
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The Book: 25 Rules from 250 Million

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Introduction

25 Rules: Introduction and How to Use this Course
Laying the Groundwork for Dealmaking

Lesson 1: Keeping Risk at Arm's Length with SPV’s Recording
Lesson 2: Where's the Growth? Recording
Lesson 3: Cash is King Recording
Lesson 4: Real Talk About Knowing Your Industry Recording
Lesson 5: Mental Preparation Recording
Classic Pitfalls

Lesson 6: Is this a One Man Band? Recording
Lesson 7: Will Amazon Eat Your Lunch? Recording
Lesson 8: Where does the Brand Come From? Recording
Lesson 9: The Walkaway Clause Recording
Lesson 10: Don’t Worry About the Boat Mate Recording
Experiences that made (and Cost) me Millions

Lesson 11: Ghost Revenue and Paying 100k in Taxes Recording
Lesson 12: The Personal is the Professional
Lesson 13: Should you Buy Close to Home?
Lesson 14: Expansion Insanity
The Mindset for Systematic Takeovers

Lesson 15: Why 90% of Companies Don't Sell Recording
Lesson 16: One Deal at a Time - The Necessity of Focus
Lesson 17: Creating your own leverage with strategic products
Lesson 18: Who's in your phone?
Lesson 19: The Pareto Principle
Advanced Strategies

Lesson Twenty (Advanced): Currency Arbitrage
Lesson Twenty One (Advanced): The Chip System
Lesson 22 (Advanced): My Experience with Public Companies
After You Win

Lesson 23: After You Win - Convertible Bonds for Passive Income
Lesson 24: After You Win - Move to Dubai
Lesson 25: Thank You and Next Steps

The Acquisition Playbook: Personal Lessons from Buying Businesses Worldwide

Lessons learned from working on $250m of Mergers and Acquisitions transactions over Six Years, Ten Countries and Twelve Industries