The Bolt On Blueprint
Twelve Deals and a Repeatable Process for Growing a Main Street Business by Buying Your Competitors
I have done twelve deals in twelve years, many of them zero down, with no finance background and no MBA. This book lays out the process so any Main Street owner can do the same. If I can do it, you can do it.
What You Will Learn
The process I built one deal at a time, from the first letter to the last earnout check.
Find the deals
Build a target list, write the letter, and run the first call with an owner who may never have thought about selling.
Price and structure them
Value recurring and project revenue separately, then use cash down and earnout length to share the risk fairly.
Close and keep the clients
Closing day, the customer letter, holding prices through the earnout, and consolidating systems without losing people.
"I have never borrowed money from a bank or investor to do any of these deals."
Link Moser, The Bolt On Blueprint
I started Windhill Design in 1996 and still run it. Since 2014 I have bought twelve businesses, rolling eleven of them straight into Windhill. The book is everything I learned along the way.
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“The outreach is what unlocks the conversations.”
Link Moser, The Bolt On Blueprint