Resources
Learn how to buy a business
Guides to the tool and to the deal — how to run a search, verify a seller’s numbers, and get from a listing to a signed offer.
Using Acquire Scout
How to run a search, work your pipeline, verify a seller's numbers, and put an offer together — in the tool.
Create your buyer profile and run your first search
Set up the buyer profile that drives matching, then read your search results — what each score means and how to filter down to deals worth your time.
7 min read
Work your deals in the pipeline
Move deals through the stages of an acquisition, keep your notes and next steps in one place, and see at a glance which deals are going cold.
6 min read
Upload documents and read the diligence analysis
Which documents to ask a seller for, how to upload them, and how to read the analysis — verified SDE, add-back scrutiny, risk flags, and every figure cited to its source.
10 min read
Generate a Letter of Intent
When you're ready to make an offer, what belongs in an LOI, how to generate and edit one, and what it does — and doesn't — commit you to.
8 min read