Exponential Growth with Business Acquisition

Merger Squared™️ Courses
$9.99
Every month

The only M&A education platform purpose-built for small business owners: Learn to win through exponential merger growth. For aspiring entrepreneurs, skip the idea phase and buy an already existing enterprise to kickstart your entrepreneurial journey.

✓ Straight-forward, work-along course
✓ Access to M2 financial analyst network
✓ Business resources center
✓ Templates & guides
✓ Regularly updated modules

Discover How To..

Search for your ideal business

Structure and fund your deal

Merge with your business or vision

Top Universities Featuring Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Program

Is Buying a Business Right For You?

Entrepreneur

  • Become your own boss by skipping the idea stage and operating your dream business through acquisition

  • Already have existing funding? Disrupt and grab more market share the fast way

Business Owner

  • Exponentially increase your business valuation through acquisition

  • Book of business integrations can provide instant multiple growth to accountants, wealth advisors, and other professional service businesses

Investor

  • Search funds and private equity favor small business acquisitions for investment control and flexible deal structure

  • Individuals from any profession or background may engage in small business buying as a diversifying component or core investment thesis

 FAQs

  • One of the many benefits of making a small business investment is the flexibility of cutting a deal. There are three main techniques we’ll talk about in the “Funding your Deal” section of the learning modules, many of which are focused on reducing or eliminating the upfront capital required for acquisition.

  • ETA, or Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition, is the strategy of skipping the idea phase and going straight to business ownership by acquiring a business that you can then implement your operational and financial value-adds.

  • We took the repetitive components of M&A education from our consulting practices, transition advisory associates, and investments firms- and packaged them up into easy to follow modules for the general public. After some updating, we are now offering the modules to the wider entrepreneurial community.

  • The size of the business is a major factor. With the small businesses and total dedication to these strategies, 90 days is not unreasonable, and depending on the situation, things can move very quickly!

  • Our contributing professionals work in many different sectors of the greater business buying community. We have come together to create Merger Squared and offer associated consulting services to help startup funds or investors get moving with these strategies.

Become a Dealmaker in Under 90 Days

Hundreds of Millions in $ Transactions

  • HVAC business closed in May working on the next add-on.

    Ross H.,

    Private Buyer, Tampa Bay, FL

  • "Gary helped our search fund get geared up for the realities involved in the deal search. [Generating] Deal flow was the hardest part we were missing and this set us up for success. First acquisition set to close JAN23"

    Sam K.,

    KC Capital, St. Petersburg, FL

  • "I'm a CFO at a tech startup and used MergerSquared to learn more about the Startup Acquisition method; without using intermediaries we acquired a competitive SaaS business. The coaching on negotiation was the most valuable for our team."

    Kurt, F.

    Cincinnati, OH

  • My side hustle was always real estate, and even the first available modules of MergerSquared make me realize the power of private company investments

    John W.,

    WC Capital Partners, Tampa Bay, FL

  • "MergerSquared gives you the formula of making small business acquisitions. Our fund specializes in buying distressed businesses in opportunity zones. Although the courses are not built for Ozone investments, the structure is so that it is applicable for any small business. Thank you!"

    Thomas K.,

    Sikari Funds, Nationwide

  • Medical treatment center rollup- learned the basics and saved a lot at the table.

    Arthur P.,

    South Miami, FL

  • "The M2 team took me out of my small deal mindset and helped me focus on big deals. Their guidance helped me avoid some pitfalls, especially deal structure. In my time with them, tripled cash flow and more than doubled valuation, and we're not even done. Big advocate of these guys."

    Romelo R.,

    Polygon Data, Bethesda, MD

Your Instructors

Lessons across four sections

Top-tier team of contributors

Wide array of experiences

Diverse industry knowledge

*Includes professionals from investment banking, private equity, and merger-experienced business owners

Become a Dealmaker

Get this deal while it lasts 🚀

Merger Squared™️ Courses
$9.99
Every month
✓ Straight-forward, work-along course
✓ Access to M2 financial analyst network
✓ Business resources center
✓ Templates & guides
✓ Regularly updated modules