Elliott Holland, Managing Director of Guardian Due Diligence, recently sat down with the Intentional Growth Podcast to discuss why he feels that buying and selling companies is a barbaric sport. Today's M&A game isn't played by timid people—it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, and you need to know what it takes to thrive.

Elliott Holland, Managing Director of Guardian Due Diligence, recently sat down with the Branch Out Podcast to discuss staying focused on business growth.

In this episode, Elliott shares his winding path from majoring in Mechanical Engineering to breaking into management consulting at Accenture. Learn why he decided to go to Harvard Business School to break into private equity but made one important pivot before enrolling. Listen to how he hustled during school to make his dream a reality and why he ended up bootstrapping while working a full-time job to start his first Independent Sponsor firm Ellsworth Partners. 

Great interview with BiggerPockets Business Podcast discussing buying 7-Figure businesses with minimal risk.

Are you thinking about buying a business, but worried about getting taken advantage of by the seller?  Not sure how to finance the business and purchase with the least amount of your own cash?  Want some assurances that the seller will stick around to help in the case where you have an issue or problem?

If so, this episode is for you!

Great interview with author of Buy Then Build the book, Walker Deibel. We dive into the work we do at Guardian Due Diligence, a buyside M&A advisory firm helping search funders execute acquisition deals. Walker also runs a unique Acquisition Lab you should check out.

I was more transparent and shared more data than I typically do in interviews. I hope you enjoy!