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WES S05E02: Risk – 3.25.2020

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTIn this episode, Justin and Ace discuss the current market trends both online and offline as well as some of the huge disruptions going on in the online industry space as a whole.

If you are interested in some of the industry risks we are facing during these current market impacts as well as some general information on some of the potential risks we are noticing within the space, this will be a great episode to gain some value from.

Listen in as we explain some of the shoring measures you should prepare your business with as we move into the next few months of shifting in the global economic markets.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Set the scene
  • Industry Risks
  • Buyer Risks
  • Seller Risks
  • Risks in our businesses

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WES S05E01: Catching Up – 3.18.2020

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In this episode, Justin and Ace discuss the various options available when gathering a pool of investors, and managing the operations of an asset when multiple investors are involved.

You’ll also hear predictions for 2020, what has changed in the online business space, some pros and cons to building or managing a remote team, and what running a distributed team offers in terms of benefits over having a single office location.

Finally, listen in as they explain how you can make changes to your logistics supply chain to diversify your inventory suppliers and suggest location choices for working online during the current state of the industry. 

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • What Are You Working On?
  • Predictions For 2020?
  • Industry News/Gossip

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WES S04E10: Your Questions Answered

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTWe’ve come to the final episode of the fourth season of Web Equity Show. To wrap the season up, we’ve decided to spend this episode answering questions from our listeners.

We cover a wide range of topics that listeners sent in via our voice recording tool (Speakpipe) on the site, email, and Twitter. From making offers to financing strategies to finding operators and more, this episode is packed with our advice and there’s something for everyone.

Thanks for supporting the show and we look forward to seeing you back in Season 5!

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Optimal business sizes for investors
  • Timing on when to invest and how to go about it
  • How deal financing strategies have changed over the past 5-10 years
  • Buying businesses with no credit or bad credit
  • Making the first offer on a business
  • Raising capital to buy websites
  • Finding operators to run site purchases
  • Selling Facebook Groups or Instagram pages

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WES S04E09: Exiting Your Portfolio

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTIn the third season of the Web Equity Show, we talked all about selling your online business. This episode of Season 4 is about exiting a portfolio of businesses and should really be listened to as an “addendum” to Season 3 instead of as a stand-alone episode.

Since there are differences between selling a single business and selling a portfolio, we cover 5 additional points of interest or unique challenges you may be faced with. We offer our advice and reveal what you can expect going into the sales process.

If you’re a portfolio owner considering a sale in the near future, add these points to your list for discussion with your attorney and accountant.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Sell as a package or break them up?
  • Expecting a much longer sales cycle
  • Forcing a competitive offer
  • Distracting from regular business
  • Retained equity as an option

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WES S04E08: Growth Strategies

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Once you’ve purchased an online business, implementing certain strategies to grow and expand it become important. Whether you have a single business or are running a large portfolio like Ace, this episode sheds light on strategies we have come across or even implemented ourselves.

As we discuss the five strategies you can use, keep in mind your approach will be specific to the business you’re buying PLUS the skills you bring to the table.

From content marketing to strategic acquisitions to CRO and more, this episode offers something for all types of business owners. We’ll cover what each strategy is, where they work, and give you valuable tactics/examples so you have a firm grasp on the topic.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Content Marketing
  • Multi-Channel Selling (Typically “product” or “service” related businesses)
  • Conferences & Tradeshows (And Retreats!)
  • Strategic Acquisitions
  • Conversion Rate Optimization

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WES S04E07: Operating Structures

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTIn this episode, we discuss the various operating structures we’ve dealt with during our experience running online businesses and portfolios of businesses.

Pairing operators and investors can be an interesting part of the industry and ideally it’s a profitable venture for both. However, it doesn’t always work out that way, so we’ll discuss the ways it works and the ways it doesn’t.

Listen in as we explain four operating structures and examine each of their advantages and disadvantages.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Investor/Operator Partnership
  • Multiple Investors + Operator
  • Investor Loans
  • Private Equity Fund

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WES S04E06: Funding Structures

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTAs you continue to grow/expand your online business, you may want to consider the ways in which you can best bring in outside investors to grow the company.

Structuring these funds is a new and exciting opportunity in the industry and we’re seeing more and more funds popping up from various teams we’ve done business with.

The question is – would you be better off giving away debt, equity, or some mix between the two to your investors?

In this episode, we dig into the advantages and disadvantages to both investors and operators when it comes to how to split the pie.

If you’re curious about these types of funds and portfolios and want an inside look at what’s happening with these today, this is a great podcast episode for you.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • Debt/Loan
  • Equity only
  • Debt + Equity Hybrid

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SO4E05: Hiring Your Team

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTHiring well becomes critically important as you grow/expand your online business.

We’ve hired hundreds of people in the US and abroad and, based on those experiences, wanted to share what we’ve learned along the way with you today, in this episode.

Looking to grow your team? This is a great episode for you!

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

  • What are the roles?
  • Where to post the jobs?
  • The application process
  • How To Interview
  • Onboarding Process

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S04E04: Due Diligence Tips

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTDue diligence is a tricky beast.

It’s easy to pick up the basics but can take years to master.

We covered some of our thoughts on due diligence on this previous episode. If you haven’t listened to it, I’d highly suggest giving it a listen and coming back for this one.

In this episode, we wanted to cover some due diligence tips that were more relevant for larger businesses and portfolios that you may be looking to acquire.

While we look at it from a buyer’s perspective, it’s worth a listen if you’re selling as well to get some sense of what buyers might be looking for.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

We’re going to cover the advantages and disadvantages to each of these?

  • Stay Organized
  • Pre-Select Your Criteria
  • Initial Pass/Fail Test
  • Industry/Niche Sustainability
  • Review The Team
  • Review The Process
  • Buyer/Seller Call(s)

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S04E03: Finding 7 & 8 Figure Deals

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Subscribe to our VIP LISTWhere can you go to find quality 7-8 figure deals?

You’ll find some 7-figure deals with the brokers, yes, but is that the ONLY place to source these deals?

Nope. In this episode we’ll look at some of the online and offline places you can look to find these gems and we’ll cover the advantages and disadvantages of each.

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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

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  • Brokers
  • Professional Network
  • Industry Leaders In Niche Industries
  • Tier 2 Competitors in mid-sized industries
  • PE Groups and IB’s

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