Ep 153: Are Buying Businesses The Best Business in 2025? With Jeremy Horowitz, managing partner at Because Ventures and CEO at Let’s Buy A Biz!
OffcutsShow Notes
On this episode I’m chatting with the Jeremy Horowitz, managing partner at Because Ventures and writer of the very excellent newsletter - Let’s Buy A Biz!, and we’re debating whether buying a business is the the best business in 2025?
We start by exploring why buying a business has become popularised by social media and retiring baby boomers, why understanding financial statements is crucial for any business buyer or owner, how AI is transforming the business acquisition landscape, the power of a due diligence checklist, green and red flags to look out for when buying a business, how the current market conditions might actually be a positive and why trust is the ultimate deal breaker.
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