Wall Street has one rule: never start what you can buy.
Wall Street has one rule: never start what you can buy.
In 2025, that rule builds more wealth than any startup story you've heard.
Here are the numbers:
→ 90% of startups fail
→ 80% of acquisitions survive their first year
→ 88% of people worth $30M+ have done at least one acquisition
The highest probability path to wealth isn't launching from scratch. It's acquiring cash-flowing businesses.
The average small business owner in America is 67 years old.
After decades in the trenches, they're ready to exit.
Most sellers are driven by what we call the "7 D's" - departure, divorce, disease, disagreement, distress, death, or dullness.
The acquisition advantage:
Instead of building from zero revenue, you're buying proven cash flow, established customer bases, and operational systems that already work.
Target the right deals:
Under $10M revenue, 15%+ profit margins, blue-collar service businesses.
Think HVAC, plumbing, cleaning, landscaping.
They're recession-resistant and ignored by private equity.
The path to wealth is already built.
Your job is to buy it, grow it, and scale it.
Interested in learning how acquisition strategies could accelerate your wealth-building timeline?