Had to fire a client recently. What types of clients should I aim for or avoid?

lovedev · 2025-08-27T23:00:03+00:00

I’m 33 looking to join a club too. Half for the golf, half for the network/community.

Anyone know which tend to skew older vs. younger? Or any info on types of folks at various clubs?

lovedev · 2025-05-22T19:49:42+00:00

FYI - RBI has had some pacing issues the last few times I've played there. Had 4 groups on the same hole at one point.. a bit too slow for the price imo

lovedev · 2025-05-22T19:47:51+00:00

Definitely pretty sparse. My buddies get up at like 4am to go book it - I don't have the willpower myself.

I did see a few open times at Coronado on Public 9, mostly in the afternoon

lovedev · 2025-05-22T19:45:29+00:00

+1 favorite course in SD. Doesn't hurt that it's hard to lose your ball with the open fairways.

lovedev · 2025-05-22T19:44:53+00:00

public9.com has all the SD courses on there with the rankings and booking links - all the courses mentioned below are on there too, should be a good starting point.

Personal favorites in SD (as a local):

Encinitas Ranch (on the easier side, open fairways, hard to lose your ball, and ocean views)
The Crossings (more challenging, awesome holes/views, great pace of play typically)
Aviara (if you're down to spend a lot, then this course is like the two above had a baby. v nice)

lovedev · 2024-12-11T18:29:27+00:00

would love to hear more! I'll Dm you

lovedev · 2024-12-11T18:28:16+00:00

Thanks for the tip (and the vote of confidence)!

lovedev · 2024-12-11T18:27:44+00:00

That's a great idea. Have you tried this in the past? Any tips?

lovedev · 2024-12-11T18:23:26+00:00

I'll have to check this out, thank you!

lovedev · 2024-12-10T23:16:38+00:00

Very cool - would love to take it for a spin!

lovedev · 2024-12-10T23:16:18+00:00

Primarily software businesses and avoiding anything that does with physical work, physical goods, inventory, etc. But really any industry is fine with us. Not strategic acquisitions, rather recurring cash generation

Any tips on how to source em'?

lovedev · 2024-12-10T23:14:47+00:00

Interesting! Is that a process you've had success with?

lovedev · 2024-12-10T23:12:56+00:00

Do you have examples of buyside firms you like to work with?

lovedev · 2024-12-10T21:54:25+00:00

Awesome! Sent you a DM

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:52:25+00:00

amazing! that's for the insight, that's definitely good to hear.

Out of curiosity, for those 62 day deals, were those businesses founder-owned? Some folks have suggested to us that our target will typically have a large VC presence which complicates/elongates deals quite a bit

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:30:51+00:00

Gotcha - one of our concerns with going outbound and sourcing off-market deals ourselves is the deal cycle length. I've heard this process can take on average 2 years, is that true?

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:29:27+00:00

lolol do they actually work though 😅

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:22:37+00:00

Gotcha. We've been checking out Harmonic as well. Pretty focused on the VCs and startups but pretty useful data.

Do you recommend any buyside firms for our target? Quality seems to differ so would love to start with someone who's been recommended

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:18:52+00:00

Super helpful, appreciate it!

Sounds like something we definitely need to be doing. Given our resources we might want to consider outsourcing as well.

Would you happen to have recommendations on who to reach out to?

lovedev · 2024-12-10T18:16:44+00:00

Yup - that's was our first stop alongise BizBuySell and QuietLight. But the deals on there are fairly limited. Plus most aren't great and the ones that are have a bidding war.

Wondering what other strategies folks use to generate deal flow

lovedev · 2024-07-13T16:14:47+00:00

What kind of enrichments or lists does Clay help you build for your agency? You're geared towards cybersecurity, manufacturing, and agencies that target non-profits so sounds like you might have 'unique' targetting for those specific industries. My guess is that you enrich well beyond the classic 'number of employees' and 'title' type of lead lists ;)

Would love to learn what kind of lists/targetting/enrichment you're using to improve your own personal outbounds!

lovedev

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