Post-mortems of real deals
Educated. Successful. Smart.
Still, they failed.
Learn why — before you buy a business. Buyers and founders tell on camera how their acquisition fell apart. Each story becomes a case study: what went wrong, at which stage of the deal, and the due-diligence step that would have caught it.
$1M lost
2 fatal · 4 major
1:06:46
From Rookie Deal to $17M in Revenue
“A cheap multiple and seller financing do not protect you from bad people, bad books, or a business you are not ready to run.”
5 major
1:04:15
We Bought a Business for $1.1M and Nearly Broke
“A small, local service business can look cheap until debt, key-person risk, accounting complexity, and dozens of tiny operating details consume all the margin.”
3 major
13:54
You Bought Small Businesses. Now You Can't Exit
“A business can be healthy and still be hard to sell if it was optimized for owner cash flow instead of the buyer universe you expect at exit.”
$300K lost
5 major
10:50
I Lost $300K On This Business… Do I Close It?
“A great road and a familiar brand cannot save a location if the unit economics and the store manager do not work.”
$100K lost
2 fatal · 4 major
28:50
I Lost $100K Trying to Save a Failing Franchise
“In a distressed franchise, the cheapest-looking option is often to sell now, because waiting for a higher price can burn far more cash than the discount you refused.”