For people buying and running businesses · Free to join
The Qollective covers both halves of the job: buying a business well, and running it once it is yours. What to look for and what to pay, then the first year, the people, and the decisions nobody else can make on your behalf. Open threads, live sessions, courses and a podcast.
Owner says the business runs itself. How hard should I push on that?
Buyers and advisers on testing owner dependency before you commit.
Two months in and the staff still treat me as an outsider. Normal?
Running thread on earning trust after a handover, and how long it took.
Six months in and I am firefighting daily. How do you get ahead of it?
Owners on systems, delegation and getting off the tools.
01
Sessions and podcast episodes on buying well and running well, with people who have done both and will say what it really took.
Live02
Short courses covering the whole job: finding and valuing a business, taking it over, and running it once it is yours.
Learn03
Honest discussion about buying and operating, in rooms grouped by where you are, from first search to years in.
DebateLive
Online, free to members, and recorded so you can catch up. Frank conversations rather than webinars, covering both buying and operating. The opening programme is being scheduled now.
An adviser on owner dependency, revenue quality and the findings that should change your offer or end the deal.
OnlineWhat changed, what caught them out, and what they would tell themselves the week before completion.
OnlineA working session on systems, delegation and cash discipline, so the business runs without you in every decision.
OnlineThe podcast · Series one
Both halves of the job. Choosing the right business and paying the right price, then the first year, the people and the pressure. Conversations with owners who will say it plainly.
The readiness question most guides skip, and the honest traits that make ownership bearable.
In productionWhy the right business on paper can be the wrong one for you, and what to test before you offer.
In productionTime, money and the weight of it, described by people who have carried it.
In productionStaff, cash and systems. Getting from firefighting to a business that runs properly.
PlannedLearn
Courses across the whole job, from finding a business to running it well. Free to members, and available as soon as you join.
Foundation
Finding, valuing and checking a business. What to look for, what to pay, and when to walk away.
Four modules · Self-paced
Practical
Taking over. Staff, systems and earning trust from people who did not pick you.
Five modules · Self-paced
Operating
Cash, people and systems. Making decisions under pressure and building something that does not depend on you.
Four modules · Self-paced
Debate
Split by where you are, from first search to years in, so you can ask the question you actually have.
#buying-well
What to look for, what to pay, and what to walk away from. Real numbers, argued out.
#am-i-ready
For people still deciding whether ownership suits them. Honest answers, nobody selling you anything.
#first-90-days
Taking over, meeting the staff, and the decisions that will not wait for you to settle.
#people-and-staff
Managing a team who did not choose you, and what earning their trust actually took.
#operating
Cash, systems and delegation. Getting from firefighting to a business that runs properly.
#the-hard-days
Payroll weeks, quiet months and the pressure nobody warns you about. Said plainly, among peers.
In the room
Members, guests and the owners who have been through it. Replace these with photography from sessions and recordings as they happen.
The rhythm
Buying takes months and running it takes years. This is the rhythm members can expect throughout.
Weekly
One honest question put to the room, answered by people who have faced it.
Fortnightly
Members hear it first, and the guest comes into the thread to take questions.
Monthly
An owner or adviser talking frankly, recorded and added to the library.
Always on
Buying well, the first ninety days, and running it well.
Qollective and marketplace
The conversation stands alone, and you can take part without ever using the platform. When you are ready to act on it, members see more, earlier, than anyone outside the room.
Join
Whether you are still searching or three years in, free to join and no marketplace account required.
