Leslie's Top Acquisition Tips — Learn from His Mistakes & Successes
Two decades of dealmaking. In this interview, Leslie shares his top business acquisition tips from 20 years of buying and selling businesses — the lessons that only come from doing deal after deal, year after year, through good markets and bad.
Leslie doesn't just share his successes. He openly discusses his mistakes — the deals that went wrong, the warning signs he missed, and the hard-won wisdom that came from picking himself up and doing the next deal better. This is the kind of knowledge you can't get from a textbook.
Whether you're about to do your first deal or you've already built a group, two decades of experience compressed into a 25-minute conversation will save you time, money, and heartache.
There's a difference between someone who's done one deal and someone who's done deals across two decades. Leslie has seen market cycles, different types of sellers, deals that worked brilliantly and deals that failed spectacularly. The condensed wisdom from that experience is what makes this interview invaluable — you get to learn the lessons without paying the tuition.
Leslie's journey from early mistakes to battle-tested mastery — and what he wants you to avoid
Leslie openly shares where he got it wrong — so you don't have to repeat these costly errors.
The strategies that survived every market cycle — and work regardless of sector or deal size.
Every mistake he made was tuition for the education that now lets him buy and sell with confidence. The patterns that matter don't change — markets shift, sectors evolve, but the fundamentals of good dealmaking are timeless. Learn from someone who's already paid the price.
