Buy a Business Instead of Starting One

Name: Buy a Business Instead of Starting One
Price: 27.00 USD

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Source, value, diligence and finance the acquisition of a small profitable business, then run the first 100 days without losing staff, customers or cash.

18 lessons18 videos6h 40mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Write a buy box that filters 90% of bad deals in minutes

02Read a P&L and bank statements for owner add-back games

03Value a business on SDE and defend your multiple

04Structure seller notes, earnouts and debt you can service

05Run a 100-day handover that keeps staff and customers in place

Curriculum

4 chapters · 18 lessons

6h 40m total

01Deal Flow: Find Businesses Worth Buying

4 lessons+

1Your Buy Box: Size, Sector, Margin and Owner RoleVideo
18:40
2Where Deals Actually Come From: Brokers, Accountants, Direct MailVideo
24:15
3The Off-Market Outreach Script That Gets RepliesVideo
21:05
4First Call Triage: Twelve Questions Before You Sign an NDAVideo
16:30

02Diligence Without a Deal Team

5 lessons+

1Rebuilding the P&L: Add-Backs, Owner Perks and Real SDEVideo
29:50
2Bank Statement Tie-Out: Proving Revenue Is RealVideo
22:20
3Owner Dependency Test: What Walks Out the Door at CloseVideo
19:45
4Customer Concentration, Contracts and TransferabilityVideo
25:10
5Red Flags That End a Deal: Tax, Leases, Litigation, LicencesVideo
20:35

03Price, Structure and Funding

5 lessons+

1Multiples by Business Type and Why Yours Is DifferentVideo
23:40
2Seller Financing, Earnouts and Holdbacks ExplainedVideo
27:15
3Debt Service Math: What the Business Can Actually CarryVideo
26:05
4From LOI to Purchase Agreement: Terms That Protect YouVideo
30:20
5Working Capital Pegs and the Closing Day Cash TrapVideo
17:50

04The First 100 Days as the New Owner

4 lessons+

1Announcement Week: Telling Staff, Customers and SuppliersVideo
19:10
2Keeping Key People: Retention Deals and Early ConversationsVideo
22:45
3The Transition Agreement: Getting Real Value From the SellerVideo
18:25
4Quick Wins in Pricing, Collections and SchedulingVideo
24:55

Your instructor

Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

“I spent two years trying to build something from scratch. Four months after this course I closed on a services business doing $340k in profit, with the seller carrying a third of the price.”

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