​🚀 How to Buy Your First Business — Step by Step

​A live online workshop showing you how to go from "I want to buy a business" to actually understanding how to find, analyze, negotiate, and close a deal in Canada. 🇨🇦

​Buying a business can feel complicated.

​Where do you find deals? How much is it worth? How do you know if the numbers are real? How do you make an offer? What should you check before signing anything?

​We're breaking down the entire acquisition process, step by step.

​👥 YOUR INSTRUCTORS

​Led by Alex Kouba — business analyst & deal-maker, 10 acquisitions and 300+ businesses analyzed — alongside Michael, a commercial finance expert with 12 years in commercial finance and hundreds of deals funded, who runs a dedicated 2-hour financing deep-dive.

​🔎 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

​1️⃣ Build your acquisition plan and ideal Buy Box 2️⃣ Find businesses to buy, including off-market sourcing 3️⃣ Understand the numbers: revenue, SDE, EBITDA, valuation, red flags 4️⃣ Acquisition financing — a dedicated 2-hour deep-dive with commercial finance expert Michael: bank, seller, equity, and building your capital stack 5️⃣ Analyze a real, anonymized deal live as a group 6️⃣ Make an offer: LOI, deal structure, asset vs share, negotiation 7️⃣ Due diligence: what to investigate before you commit your money 8️⃣ From LOI to closing: legal, financing, tax, transition

​🧰 YOUR ACQUISITION TOOLKIT

​You'll also get practical templates and tools: Buy Box template, valuation spreadsheet, SDE normalization calculator, financing calculator, LOI template, due-diligence checklist, seller interview questionnaire, document request list, deal-comparison spreadsheet, and more.

​👤 WHO IS THIS FOR?

​First-time buyers, entrepreneurs who want to acquire instead of start from scratch, professionals looking for their next move, and aspiring investors. You do NOT need prior experience. You just need to be serious about learning how the process actually works.

​Live online, questions answered live, and recorded so you keep the replay.