Biz Buying Boot Camps: Acq Lab, Contrarian, Pursuant, etc.

November 22, 2023

by a searcher from Brigham Young University in Highland, UT, USA

I'm a self-funded searcher just starting out on my journey. Searching part time for now, so have limited time. I've read the most relevant books, am listening to the most popular AE podcasts, I'm starting to let my network know that I'm searching, and I'm getting more excited about the journey every day. I'm looking for a business with $500k-$1.5M in SDE in Northern Utah. Would love to connect if you're playing in that world.

Question for you all......I'm thinking about diving into one of the courses or boot camps that are out there. Acquisition Lab, Contrarian Thinking, and Pursuant Capital are a few I've heard of, but open to exploring others.

Curious to know###-###-#### Are they worth it? 2) If so, any perspective on which provide the greatest value? 3) If not, what else should I be looking at?

Thanks all!

Reply by a searcher
from Lee University in Chattanooga, TN, USA

I am a current member of Contrarian Thinking (aka Unconventional Acquisitions) and agree that any of them would be beneficial if you have never run a business. I never even knew about the other two before I joined UA. After I did stumble across them while getting deeper into this space they also look very valuable but I would say slightly more advanced than the starting point of the UA group. I definitely do not regret UA but I might also do SMBootcamp at some point as well because it is geographically close to me and I think it is worth learning from multiple voices. I own and operate self storage facilities and I did the same thing when learning that asset class (i.e. courses, books, masterminds by various SS gurus). I think the diversity of information helped me better develop my own strategy.

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from California State University, Long Beach in Las Vegas, NV, USA

Hey Kyle, I never went through one of the courses before I bought a biz but I already owned/operated one so a little different situation than most. That being said, I’d highly advise going through one of them. Definitely explore the Lab and Pursuant … and check out David Barnett’s one as well.

We should connect sometime, I’ve got a pretty decent network in Northern Utah and am going to investing in searchers as well. Hit me up!

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