Find companies that fit your criteria, decide which deserve attention, and keep the research and next step with every opportunity.
Your search can begin with an operating business or an advertised opportunity. Keep both connected to the criteria that brought you there.
Search approximately 4.4 million U.S. business records by geography, industry, estimated earnings, and employees. Find companies to research and approach directly.
Explore proprietary search ↗ These records do not establish that an owner wants to sell.Every day we check brokerage listings and bring the new ones that match your criteria to you, so you don’t have to maintain your own scheduled searches.
See how listings work ↗ A new match won’t appear every day. Your criteria stay in place on quiet days.One company record. Keep the source, the reason it fits, and what you plan to do next.
A match earns a closer look. Record what caught your attention and what still needs checking.
Confirm that Northstar is still operating, verify the owner’s identity, and look for evidence of the kind of customer work you want to acquire. Geography and an industry label are only the beginning.
Next action: research the company, then prepare an approach you can review.
Use acquisition skills to structure the work between finding a company and contacting an owner. You review the evidence and send the outreach.
The company-research method examines what is known about the business and whether it is still operating, including what remains uncertain.
See company research ↗Use company context and your buyer background to prepare a first approach. Review and edit it before sending; the skill does not send messages.
See outreach drafting ↗Keep company notes, contacts, and the reason for your interest together so the next visit begins with context.
See a return visit ↗Discovery produces companies worth investigating, the reasons you selected them, and a record of your research and outreach.
When you have seller materials or other substantive evidence to evaluate, keep them with the company and work through the numbers. A conversation may lead to financial review, more research, or a decision to pass.
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