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The Financially Simple podcast is your one-stop resource for small business owners. Gain unique insights into growing, refining, and selling businesses. You will hear ways business owners have reduced their tax liabilities, increased their income, improved office morale, saved for the retirement of their dreams, and more.
Host Justin Goodbread is a serial entrepreneur, CFP® (Certified Financial Planning professional), CEPA (Certified Exit Planning Advisor), and CVGA (Certified Value Growth Advisor) with years of experience guiding business owners from start to exit in their business.

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Interviewing the Buyer with Patrick Brewer

Apr 11, 2022

Patrick Brewer is the President and Chief Marketing Officer of WealthSource, a company dedicated to helping financial advisors thrive with business resources and innovative solutions. He is also the founder of the Model FA family of companies that supports financial advisors in growing sustainable businesses. An entrepreneur and speaker, Patrick is passionate about helping advisors and the people they serve realize their full potential and find financial freedom.  Patrick joins us today to discuss the factors that attracted WealthSource into buying Financially Simple, Heritage Investors, and Heritage Business Advisors. He explains how WealthSource executed its due diligence process while buying our businesses. He outlines the key characteristics that make an organization attractive to buyers. Patrick also highlights the importance of organizational culture and underscores why business owners need to continue improving themselves.

 

“People don’t want to be sold; they want to be part of the process by being educated.” - Patrick Brewer

 

This week on the Financially Simple Experience:

  • Patrick’s background and his work with WealthSource
  • WealthSource: its services and its mission to help people maximize the value of their money
  • The eight key areas of a successful business
  • How WealthSource implemented its due diligence in acquiring our team’s businesses
  • Two methods of growth and how dynamic companies scale
  • Decentralization and how companies can improve their workforce and leadership to attract the ideal buyer
  • The future of Financially Simple
  • The role of business owners in society
  • Patrick’s advice to business owners on growth and success

 

Our Favorite Quotes:

  • “Companies can grow through two methods: marketing and acquisitions. Companies who make dynamic footprints do both.” - Justin Goodbread
  • “Build the business where it can operate and grow without the key stakeholders involved.” - Justin Goodbread
  • “Create systems and points of collaboration between your team, processes, and technology; that’s what a buyer is looking for.” - Patrick Brewer

 

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About The Financially Simple Podcast

If you are looking for a podcast that speaks directly to the challenges and puzzles of running a business, you’ve come to the right place. The Financially Simple podcast was built for you. With over 400 episodes and counting, our host Justin Goodbread covers a broad range of topics, from starting a small business, to prepping it for sale, to growing your personal wealth. Justin’s combination of analytical skills, tough love, and a healthy dose of experience delivers practical ideas that will benefit business builders at every stage of their business journey. 


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Financially Simple is a division of WealthSource Partners, LLC (“WSP”), which offers investment advisory and financial planning services. All investing involves risk of loss, including the possible loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results and nothing in this podcast should be construed as a guarantee of any specific outcome or profit. All market indices discussed are unmanaged, do not incur management fees, costs and expenses, and cannot be invested into directly. Business planning services offered by WealthSource Business Advisors, LLC (“WBA”).

 

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