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Deal Insight Series:

What is the biggest mistake a business buyer can make?




In this video of our Deal Insight series, we talk to serial entrepreneur Jonathan Jay, what he thinks is the biggest mistake a business buyers can make.

For over 20 years Jonathan has bought and sold companies, restructured groups, bought out competitors and successfully completed private equity deals both buy-side and sell side. In this video mini series he shares his deal insights with us.


The transcript of the interview follows:

What would you say are the biggest mistakes you can make as a business buyer?

The biggest mistake you can make as a business buyer is only having one deal acquisition structure.

Typically, what people have as a deal acquisition structure is they’ve got some money in the bank or they go to the bank and they borrow some money and they say...


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Jonathan Jay is the founder of The Dealmaker’s Academy.


Business Sale Report have been providing our members with business acquisition opportunities and insightful resources since 1995.


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