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Visiting a Secret Club, Austin, Latin America Hiring & Remote Teams

Colin and Brent discuss Brent's secret club, visiting Austin, launching a Latin American staffing company, and managing remote teams. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 04/07/24

How Double Your Software Business With Services

Colin and Brent discuss the process of adding services to grow their software business. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Hire top 1% remote talent in Latin America at JulesHQ.com Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 02/27/24

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Published 02/27/24

How to Use Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) to Scale Your Business

Colin and Brent discuss implementing Traction / EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) at their software company. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 01/24/24

2023 Recap: Wins, Losses, & Learnings

Colin and Brent discuss 2023's wins, losses, and learnings building a software holding company. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 01/07/24

We Sold Our SaaS Business! Learnings & Process

Brent and Colin discuss selling their first SaaS acquisition in Blinksale and the process and learnings from doing it. Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 12/06/23

How to Raise Prices & Launch Growth Services

Colin and Brent discuss raising prices, launching their new google review service, and buying vs building. Grow your local business https://www.maplejoin.com Want to get more breakdowns? Subscribe to my free newsletter here: https://www.colinkeeley.com/newsletter Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 11/01/23

How to Buy a Venture Capital Orphan (Real Example)

Published 10/13/23

6 Month Review of a SaaS Acquisition

Colin and Brent discuss Colin's their acquisition of Scout (scoutforpets.com) 6 months in with growth channels, what's worked, and what's happened. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 07/30/23

How to Bootstrap a $300m Tourism Vertical SaaS

Colin and Brent discuss Colin's breakdown of FareHarbor and Peter Attia's $150,000 longevity playbook. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 07/16/23

How a Ex-Googler Built a $220m Vertical SaaS in Flooring

Colin and Brent discuss Brent's Scout update, building vertical software for flooring, and buying a house vs buying a business. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 06/22/23

We Made a Huge Mistake

Colin and Brent discuss Scout's bumpy product launch and rebuilding trust. Colin's takeaways from Capital Camp 2023: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/capital-camp-2023-review-takeaways Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 06/08/23

How the Pritzkers Made Their Billions Through Acquisition

Colin and Brent discuss Jay & Robert Pritzker / Marmon Group Business Breakdown https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/jay-... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 05/19/23

Brent Beshore & Permanent Equity Business Breakdown

Colin and Brent discuss how Brent Beshore's Permanent Equity built its holding company. Colin" breakdown of Permanent Equity: https://www.colinkeeley.com/blog/bren... Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 05/03/23

How to Manage & Grow a Remote Team

Colin and Brent discuss how we are managing and growing our remote team. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 04/24/23

Software Companies Are Dead. ChatGPT Killed Them.

Colin and Brent discuss the impact of ChatGPT and AI on software companies. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 04/04/23

How To Build an Offshore Tech Team & Transition Challenges

Colin and Brent discuss all things tech. How to build an offshore team and limits of tech debt. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community https://www.indiepe.com Get our SaaS Growth Playbook https://www.indiepe.com/growth Sell your SaaS at https://www.vernehq.com

Published 03/26/23

How to Bootstrap a Startup from $0 to $1 million in ARR

Colin and Brent discuss how to self-fund / bootstrap the perfect startup from $0 to $1m in ARR and whether you need a technical co-founder. Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community and SaaS Growth Playbook. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 02/26/23

How to Find Riches in Software Niches

Colin and Brent discuss niching down a software business to own one space to grow faster. https://www.blinksale.com Enroll in Colin's "How To Buy a Small Business" Course & Community and SaaS Growth Playbook. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 02/12/23

Tiny Goes Public & How to Structure a HoldCo

Colin and Brent discuss Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling going public and how to structure a holding company with LLCs, C-Corps, QSBS, and more. Enroll in Colin's Acquisition Course & Community at IndiePE.com. Reach out to Colin Keeley and Brent Sanders on Twitter with any feedback. Sell your SaaS at VerneHQ.com

Published 01/29/23

Buying 134 Software Companies in a Year

Colin and Brent discuss a competitor being bought and how Constellation buys so many companies.

Published 01/20/23

2022 Recap: 2023 Opportunities, Wins, Failures, & Lessons

Colin and Brent discuss 2022's wins, losses, and learnings building a software holding company.

Published 12/31/22

How to Build Trust to Buy Companies & Sell Products

Colin and Brent discuss how to build trust to close deals with sellers and investors.

Published 11/21/22

How to Transition & Grow a Company After You Buy It

Colin and Brent discuss transitioning and growing Scout since they bought it.

Published 11/08/22

We Bought Scout! Learnings & Negotiation Play-by-Play

Colin and Brent discuss buying Scout, the leading dog walking and pet sitting software.

Published 10/27/22