Dear Friends:
Have you ever considered trying to find a
way to get my involvement in your business Not just as a
coach, consultant, or educator... but to actually work on it to take it
to the next level?
Well, here's the thing.
I've got the experience, skills, and
people
to push certain types of businesses beyond their sticking points
relatively quickly. (I'm looking at this specifically with
Ryan, my long-time-sub-coach and hiking buddy)
At a certain point in
your career, it gets easier to grow by acquiring, optimizing, and
taking existing businesses to the next level, than going through all
the work associated with building a new one. A lot easier.
I'm sure you already know both Ryan and
I have put our own money on the line in developing our own businesses,
and that we've both been around the block a few times in the
entrepreneurial world. So you won't find it any big surprise we’re open to hear you out if you've got a business you’re
tired of running, or feel you can’t take to the next level on
your own.
Here's what we're specifically looking for...
Established businesses which have hit a wall due
to lack of adequate skills, knowledge, time, capital, or labor.
Got a
promising project sitting on "the back burner"... a business you just
can't seem to push to the next level? Something you just can't
seem to make time for, or which perplexes you? This might be your
opportunity.
As long
as it's not related to pornography, hate, cigarettes, or anything else
which could jeopardize our professional licenses, standing in the community, or prompt our spouses and significant others to withdraw
their affections.
And
as long as it IS already established.
(This is specifically NOT about IDEAS
for businesses... I've got a lot of compassion for
what it takes to build a successful marketing system and have
dedicated the last six years of my career to teaching others how to
do it... this is about moving existing, established businesses to the next level.
You don't necessarily have to
be profitable to qualify for this, but you DO have to be making sales
and showing potential - otherwise it would make more sense for
us to develop our own ideas from scratch)
So go ahead, spill your heart out and let
us know what you've got.
We can't promise to take you up on it, or
respond to every submission, but we DO promise to read what you're
suggesting.
Here are
a few questions for your consideration and prompting...
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What does the
business sell, specifically?
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Succinctly, what is the
primary benefit to the customer?
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What level are you
currently at?
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How did you get there?
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What's stopping you,
specifically, in your best estimation, from getting further?
(This is the most important question)
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What have you tried to
date to overcome this obstacle?
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We're open to many
different equity structures. Here are some ideas which might
be appropriate:
- We buy your business outright...
-
We acquire
a majority position with you holding a minority equity position
as a silent partner, thus enabling you to still enjoy some of the long term upside...
-
We acquire
a majority position contingent on hitting specific revenue and/or
profit targets within a date certain...
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Other: let
us know what you’ve got in mind please...
OK, Here's the
Great Big
Hairy Response Form
(The more details you let us know,
the better,
including the main URL and/or landing page for
your business, traffic sources, and conversion rates)
IMPORTANT: our
commitment to you at this juncture is to READ through your request at
a high level. Unfortunately, we can NOT promise to respond to
every submission. Please do not submit this form if this is
unacceptable to you. Also, due to volume, we score and
prioritize these submissions and keep them in a queue for processing
over the course of several months, though if your business looks
promising you MAY hear from us immediately. I hope you'll
understand.
