So let me ask you, Daniel, what was the. What was the content of what you were like. What.
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What was he. What was the, like, service that he was providing? So. So getting on calls with you to owners, but what else? Give us a sense of the package.
Yeah, so he was jumping on calls with me just to kind of partner up with me. And we were basically, you know, letting owners know that, you know, hey, we're in this together. Kyle's know, a partner and, you know, just introducing ourselves and essentially just kind of being a mirror for me to kind of soak in so I can kind of be a sponge.
And then really helping me with just 247 access to questions when it came to anything that I noticed, like, the whole territory was unknown for me. So ultimately, I was paying him for certainty. I'm really not. My. My risk tolerance is actually extremely low.
So he provided that certainty for me. And, you know, it helped me analyze. Even though I could analyze a profit and loss statement, for some reason, I just felt better with being like, hey, are my thoughts valid in this?
And Kyle would be like, yeah, totally. So ultimately he was, you know, just kind of like a. A guide in the whole process, whatever questions I needed.
And was he sourcing deals for you? No. Oh, no. He. They provided me lists and I did some email blasts. Wasn't really the direction I wanted to head.
Ultimately, kind of after going through that experience and getting some hits from business owners calling me or replying back to me via email, I had much more success going on Biz by Sell and. Or even I'm just getting some brokers emails and emailing brokers and getting their SIM packages, I think is what they call them, and just reviewing those types of packages. So that's. Ultimately the…
Okay, so he kind of pointed you in a direction, gave you a list, and then. But you did the sourcing yourself and ultimately relationships with brokers and Biz by Sell was the best channel for you. Yes. What do the following Acquiring Minds guests all have in common.
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