It CAN be done. Andrew Swiler acquired a SaaS business with $650k SDE using an SBA loan (and while living in Spain).
Topics in Andrew’s interview:
- Why he preferred buying a SaaS business to an ecommerce one
- Key trait to being a successful acquisition entrepreneur
- Downside protection in a SaaS business
- The appeal of the Microsoft ecosystem
- Deferred revenue (and explaining it to a seller)
- Buying a SaaS business as a non-technical person
- How a SaaS business is valued
- History of Lanteria, the business Andrew bought
- Terms of the deal
- Strategy of building a portfolio of B2B SaaS businesses
- Pros & cons of holding company structure
- Pros & cons of fund structure
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