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Getting started
What is SoloSearcher?
A free system for an individual small-business acquisition search: proprietary target-list access, one private workspace, and optional acquisition skills through your own agent.
Where do I start?
Begin with geography, operating preferences, experience, and capital constraints. Guided onboarding helps translate those into criteria and a first target list. See a first-visit example.
Do I need acquisition experience?
No. Begin with what you know and refine the kind of business you want to buy as you research. The system provides a process, while important financial and transaction decisions still need appropriate advice.
Free access
What is included for free?
The workspace/search workspace, target-list workflow, and skills library have no paid gate. Your AI provider’s charges are separate. See the inclusions and availability details.
Are there usage limits?
Operational limits protect reliability, costs, and the dataset; they are not paid entitlements. Free access is not a promise of unrestricted bulk exports. Check the current access options in your workspace.
Why is it free?
Emile built SoloSearcher for his own search and opened it up so other searchers could use it, share feedback, and help improve it.
Do I need a paid acquisition program?
No program purchase is required to use SoloSearcher. A paid program may include coaching, introductions, or sourcing labor. Those services are different from the free tools and workspace provided here.
Proprietary search
Are these companies for sale?
The approximately 4.4M proprietary records include businesses that are not advertised for sale. They help you identify businesses to approach directly. Brokerage listings are separate advertised opportunities.
Where do the records come from?
PPP and public business data. Public records are a starting point for research; company identity, current operations, and ownership need checking.
How current is the database?
Source records reflect their original periods. No dataset-wide recent verification or refresh interval is promised here. Confirm current information before relying on a record.
Are owner contacts always available?
No complete verified contact coverage is promised. Research the owner and validate contact details before outreach.
What are NAICS and SDE?
NAICS is an industry classification system used to filter businesses. Seller’s discretionary earnings (SDE) is an earnings measure used in small-business analysis. Modeled SDE in the proprietary universe is a screening estimate, not verified financial performance.
Brokerage listings
Will matching listings arrive every day?
We check brokerage listings every day, but a suitable match won’t appear every day. Your criteria stay in place on quiet days. See how listings work.
How many brokerages are covered?
We add new brokerages every day. Tell us which ones you check at support@solosearcher.com and we’ll add them.
Will I need my own scheduled research tasks?
No. We collect and match listings for you, so you don’t need to build a scheduled brokerage-monitoring agent.
What about duplicate or withdrawn listings?
A listing taken down from its broker’s site can no longer be newly saved, and anything you have already saved keeps its snapshot. Confirm current availability with the broker.
Will you send email alerts?
The experience shown is dashboard delivery. Email alerts are not promised here.
Financial analysis
Can I start with a CIM or financial statements?
Yes, the deal workflow can begin with a seller’s business overview, often called a confidential information memorandum (CIM), or company financials. Keep materials with the company record.
Are modeled earnings verified?
No. Estimated revenue and SDE help screen a business. Seller evidence, supporting records, and diligence are needed to establish actual performance.
What does cash flow modeling show?
It explores the acquisition under stated financial, debt, and operating assumptions. A scenario is not a promise of future cash flow or financing approval.
AI skills
What do your skills add to my AI agent?
Prepared acquisition methods define task inputs, the approach, and the output. Examples include company research, outreach drafting, income statement analysis, pro-forma cash flow, and deal structure. Explore examples.
Do I need an AI agent?
No. The workspace remains useful manually. Skills are optional and run through your own supported agent when the integration is available.
What is MCP?
Model Context Protocol lets an authorized compatible agent interact with connected workspace tools. The connection supplies access to context; skills supply the acquisition method.
Does every skill save its output automatically?
No automatic-save promise applies to every skill. Authorized context and saving depend on the workspace integration and the specific task. Review the available behavior in your workspace.
Can skills send outreach?
The outreach method produces drafts only. You review, edit, and send them yourself.
Can I share confidential documents with an agent?
Check your NDA and permission to share, and review the AI provider’s data settings before providing seller materials. Fictional examples do not grant permission to share private documents.
Workspace and closing
Can my advisors access the workspace?
The product centers on one private workspace for an individual and authorized agents. Shared advisor access is not promised here; check actual sharing options before relying on collaboration.
What happens automatically?
Prepared skills structure an agent task, while authorized execution depends on its integration. Buyers still review evidence, make decisions, send outreach drafts, and work with advisors. New matching listings arrive in your dashboard daily.
Does SoloSearcher replace legal or financial advisors?
No. It organizes your process and evidence. Legal, accounting, lending, and diligence advisors support the transaction; the platform does not close a deal on your behalf.
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