A LIVE WORKSHOP · 90 MINUTES

How professionals with a good job and savings buy their first cash-flowing business in the next 12 months

(Without quitting your job before the deal closes, guessing which business to buy, or ever having worked in the trade.)

The Buy Box: How to Find, Vet and Buy Your First Business in the Next 12 Months

Thursday, November 19 · 8:00 PM ET · 5:00 PM PT · Live on Zoom

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This is for you if you plan to buy within 12 months and have, or can raise, a down payment.

WHAT WE'LL COVER

Three things I'll walk you through on Thursday night

Buying beats building, if you buy the right one

An existing business has people, processes and profits on day one. I'll show you the boring categories private equity keeps buying, roofing, HVAC and plumbing among them, and why they're on my list too.

The buy box makes the decision, not the listing

Write down the size, industry, geography and numbers you'll buy, and most listings become a ten-second no. Then I'll show you what I check before I ever ask what a business costs.

Deals close through a team

A lender, a CPA, an attorney and a broker who knows your name are what turn an LOI into a closing. Who to line up first, and why brokers start calling back once you have them.

BEFORE YOU BUY A TICKET

Who this is for, and who it isn't

This is for you if

You plan to buy within 12 months and have, or can raise, a down payment.
You have a good job, you already run people or budgets for someone else, and you want to own the business instead.
You've read the books and browsed the listings, and you haven't made an offer yet, or you made one and it stalled.

This isn't for you if

You're looking for passive income or a quick win.
You want to start a business from scratch.
You have no path to a down payment in the next 12 months. Stay in the free Catalyst community until you do.

MEET YOUR HOST

Jordan Thompson

Jordan is a Fund Manager at Bluebird Capital Fund, a private equity fund that finds, acquires and scales gutter and roofing companies across the United States. He has owned JBL Company in Eagle, Idaho since 2018, and in November 2025 he announced a home-exteriors acquisition in Denver.

He started Catalyst, a free community where people learn to buy, grow and scale businesses, because most people who want to buy one stay stuck researching for years.

About 20acquisitions

15 yearsin business

Since 2018owner, JBL Company

FREE WITH YOUR TICKET

The Buy Box Worksheet

One page. The size, industry, geography and numbers you'll buy, written down before you open another listing. It's Step 1 in the Catalyst classroom, and it's the page we'll work from on Thursday.

Sent to your inbox the minute your ticket goes through.

FROM CATALYST MEMBERS

People who started where you are

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 · 8:00 PM ET

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The Buy Box, live workshop$47

Yes, add the replay for $27. Keep the full recording after the free replay window closes on Sunday night, and rewatch the deal filter whenever a listing lands.

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