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Discover How To Buy Your First Business.
With Cocoon Growth, learn how to buy, value, structure, and finance a small, profitable business. Don't have any money ready to go, we can help you with a solution for that. Worried that you need to have years of experience, no problem, we have what you need to get started. We get it, buying a business can be scary, you have questions and we have the answers. Check out the program below! Let's turn your dreams into reality!
An investment for a comprehensive course with 9 lessons, 3.5 hours of video content, and individual quizzes at the end of each lesson to ensure you’re processing the information so you can then apply it to your business venture.
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LESSON 1: I’m considering buying a business but what skills do I need?
LESSON 2: What needs to happen before I start looking for a business?
LESSON 3: What type of business should I buy?
LESSON 4: How do I find a business?
LESSON 5: How do I create my support team?
LESSON 6: What basic due diligence is required and how do I make sure I do it right?
LESSON 7: How much should I pay for the business?
LESSON 8: How do I afford and finance the deal?
LESSON 9: How do I close the deal?
Sheldon Ohringer has led mergers and acquisitions activities for multiple public companies evaluating hundreds of deals resulting in the successful close of dozens of individual companies. As a co-founder, Sheldon served as CEO at Caleris, an outsourced technology and customer service helpdesk company. From its inception in December 2003, Caleris grew by more than 1000%. It expanded from one technical support center to four in the 10 years under Sheldon’s leadership and earned awards like TAI Economic Growth (2005, 2006) and Top Growth Company (2008). After becoming a leading tech company, it was acquired in 2014.
Sheldon also led FirstWorld Communication's transformation from a $1M CLEC to a $100M internet infrastructure company, successfully IPOing at over $1 billion. His leadership extends to ICG Telecom Group, US Long Distance, and Telecom USA. Active in Iowa's entrepreneurial community, Sheldon is involved with Plains Angels, Global Insurance Accelerator, and more.
Additionally, Sheldon is a partner in both, Formation Partners, a business advisory firm, and Mango Seed Investments, an Iowa-based seed fund. With 40+ years in business, he's a telecommunication entrepreneur, co-creating Cocoon Growth to share expertise in buying businesses.
Many businesses already have established customer bases and cash flow. It can make the barrier to entry for entrepreneurship much easier if you aren’t confident in starting something from scratch.
No problem, there is a common way to buy a business for little to no money down. This strategy is often referred to as seller financing or a seller's note. Sheldon addresses this in more detail in the financing section of the course.
Buying a competitor or other business can be an easy way to earn more market share or couple complementary products together. You probably are set up for a successful analysis of a business with your current business ownership experience.
We have a private business plus package. Shoot us an email at [email protected] and we can give you the details. This package is reserved for those who have taken the course and are actively pursuing a business.
Today we do not offer a student discount. We are confident in the value this course delivers. It will be the best dollars you’ve ever spent if you’re willing to put in the work and follow the steps.
This program, although not specifically made for selling, can help you glean the appropriate materials you need to prep. It will describe in detail what buyers are looking for so you can be prepared for a quick turnaround.
This completely depends on the business. Some can be as quickly as 30 days, while others, many months. A few factors that play into this are size of business, industry, and reason for selling. Your first deal usually takes longer as well since you are working through a new process.
We always look to refine and improve the course. There is continuallearning to be done no matter how many deals you have closed in the past. As new experience allows, content and resources may be added to ensure our students have the best chance of success.