It's the basic playbook that Amazon, Google, and others follow:

• Build a core business.
• Buy/invest in companies that add value to the core business.

Some call it "synergy."
I call it common sense.

The one piece of advice we all need

There are levels to great entrepeneurs:

Beginner: How do I do x

Amateur: How do I do x faster

Intermediate: Why am I doing x not y

Pro: Who can do y only the fastest

Bizscout SMB Buying & Selling Marketplace

Update:

70,000 users

another 30,000 listings coming up

end of month, two big feature rollouts for sellers

BTW - saas is hard! Had payment system failure, had to hire 3 new engineers.... wooo wee we're having so much fun building this product for you.

3 years ago, I started writing this book.

I kept whittling down...

What do people actually need to know to become owners?

What would help you buy more businesses, scale businesses, and teach the next generation the same?

Hopefully, it's this. Main Street Million

I have a feeling we are going to have a new American era, the likes of which we haven't seen in our lifetimes.

Create the thing you want, then sell it.

Be your first customer.

If you're young, don't try to get famous... Go live an interesting life first. You'll have a lot more to talk about later.

RICH is spelt RISK

The year this picture was taken, my boss in private equity had said:

"Codie, here, we get rich quietly... and you're too loud."

Now, this past year, we...
• Invested in 15 companies
Bought our biggest biz to date
Taught 100k+ students' acquisitions

Our Annual Letter: