ACQUIRE

TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF BUSINESS OWNERS.

Acquire is an executive education coaching program designed to train future leaders to Acquire, own, and operate their own business.

ACquire 1-Day

Intro Bootcamp

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Our 1-Day Intro Bootcamp is currently full.

Click below to register for our 1-Day Intro Bootcamp and find out if buying a business is the right fit for you.

ACquire 8-week

Deep Dive

Apply to our fall ‘24 Waitlist

Our Spring '24 cohort is currently full.

Join Sleeping Giant Capital's Acquire Executive Education Course waitlist down below.

Why learn how to Acquire a business?

When you buy an existing business, you don’t have to deal with all the headaches/hurdles that weigh you down in the 0-1 growth phase. The company already exists and generates meaningful cash flow. As owner and CEO, you still get to let your entrepreneurial spirit shine as you lead and grow the company, but with less risk and less stress than getting a start-up off the ground. Your financial position and salary also tend to be much more stable out of the gate when you buy a business with existing asset value, as opposed to the greater financial uncertainty of start-up life. Acquiring a business can give you the best of both worlds – autonomy to own/operate a company, but without the risks and headaches that come from starting your own business. The Acquire course prepares you for this journey.

How can Acquire help me further my professional life?

  • Acquire a company on your own (separate from the Sleeping Giant Capital CIR program)

  • Apply to join the Sleeping Giant Capital CEO in Residency Program full-time program

    where you will source and diligence a West Michigan business, acquire it, and become CEO

  • Start your own search fund to identify businesses that are ripe for acquisition

  • Stay at your current company and rise up as an executive, equipped with greater leadership and strategy skills

Course Comparison

Who is our ideal candidate for the Acquire program?

  • Professionals with 10+ years of experience

  • Entrepreneurially minded

  • Breadth of diverse professional skills

  • Willingness to develop additional skills in finance, accounting, strategy, and more

  • Track record of leadership and achievement

After the Acquire Course

FAQs

  • If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and are curious about running your own business one day, the Acquire program is a great place to upskill yourself and set yourself up for a pivot – whether that’s tomorrow or three years down the road.

  • The 8-Week Deep Dive is $5,000. The 1-Day Intro Bootcamp is $500.

  • Our 8-Week Deep Dive will start in the Fall of the week of October 14th, 2024.

  • The 8-Week Deep Dive will remain confidential at your discretion. However, the 1-Day Intro Bootcamp will remain confidential to your employer, but will be in person.

  • Our 8-Week Deep Dive is with a cohort, but you have the option to remain anonvmous.

    Our 1-Day Intro Bootcamp is with a cohort, and we recommend that you get to know one another.

Learn more about the Acquire from our program heads, Derrick McIver and Douglas Lepisto.

This episode features a conversation with Dr. Doug Lepisto and Dr. Derrick McIver – Co-Directors of the Center for Principled Leadership and Business Strategy at the WMU Haworth College of Business. In this episode, Doug and Derrick discuss the opportunity to acquire a business, the myths surrounding small businesses and acquisition, and how executives can learn to buy businesses through a training course they offer called Acquire.