TheSmart Wayto Learn Business Acquisition
Whether you’re just exploring how to buy your first business or you’re serious about scaling through acquisition, the Acquisition Academy gives you the knowledge, tools, and support to confidently take the next step.
Join a thriving community of buyers, access expert training and templates, and receive hands-on mentorship from industry experts—including BizBuyPro founder Paul Lajoie.
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What You Get With Academy Membership
What You Get With Membership
Business Buying Video Series: Learn the exact process top acquirers use to find, evaluate, and buy great businesses.
Templates & Resources: Access real-world tools—LOIs, NDAs, due diligence guides, valuation spreadsheets, and more.
Weekly Live Q&A: Get your questions answered by pros who do this every day.
Exclusive Community: Network with serious business buyers and learn from their journeys.
Acquisition Academy
Ideal For: Self-paced learners
$7,800
Lifetime Access
(financing available)
- Full Access to the Academy Resource Library and Acquisition Tools.
- Newsletters with Business Buying Insights
- Lifetime Access to Weekly Live Q&A Sessions with founder Paul Lajoie
- Lifetime Access to Weekly Live Deal Reviews with founder Paul Lajoie
- 75+ Acquisition Academy Training Videos
- FREE Physical Copy of The Exit Plan personally signed by Paul Lajoie
- Limited 1 on 1 With Paul and His Team
- Full access to BizBuyPro community chat and message boards with other members and founder Paul Lajoie
- Full Lifetime Access to Paul’s Trusted Referral Network of Industry Experts
- Lifetime Access to Paul’s podcast and video Library
- Lifetime Access to all of Paul’s SMB acquisition tools, spreadsheets and calculators
- Lifetime Access to “Professor Paul’s Topic of the Week” video series
- 12 Months of Deal Sourcing
Acquisition Academy
$3,800
Lifetime Access
(financing available)
- 2 Letter of Intent (LOI) Templates and Due Diligence Documents, professionally developed to help you structure and evaluate acquisition opportunities.
- Deal Sourcing
- Unlimited Access to the AI Buy Box Tool
- Unlimited Access to the Perfect Fit Business Analysis Tool
- Newsletters
- Industry best calculators
- Broker outreach template
- 58 of the best training videos shot by Paul himself
- Library of templates, and spreadsheet
- 10-week intensive week-by-week to do list
- Special guest speakers from all industries and subject matter experts
- Lifetime access to our SBA concierge service
- Unlimited questions with Paul Weekly on Live Deal and Live Q&A
- Access to Due Diligence and Q of E teams
- Lifetime access to community chat
- Access to off-market specialists (add on) used by Paul himself
- Lifetime Weekly Live deal reviews by Paul himself – open live questions access
- Lifetime Weekly Live Q&A with Paul himself – open live question access
- Lifetime Access to Paul’s podcast library
- Access to the two best-in-industry Franchise consultants
- Money Back Guarantee at 12 months if you don’t buy a business if you put in all of the work and attend all of the meetings and you follow the outreach schedule.
- Exclusive Discount for Masterclass Attendees
Acquisition Academy Elite
$7,800
Lifetime Access
(financing available)
- Everything Included in the Acquisition Academy
- Full Collection of 27 Acquisition Legal Templates, valued at over $40,000 in attorney drafted documents.
- Access to CRM (client relationship management) software
- Access to the best in the industry AI CIM analysis tool
- Access for 12 months to the industry’s best on market deal sourcing
- Unlimited Access to the Working Capital AI Tool
- Exclusive Access to Paul's Personal Rolodex
- Unlimited Access to the AI CIM Analysis Tool
- Limited Direct Access to Paul via slotted Zoom calls (Up to two 20-minute calls with Pual)
Inner Circle
(Must Qualify and be Chosen)
$25,000
($15,000 upfront and then $10,000 at each SMB closing)
- Unlimited access to Paul vis his personal cell phone reachable at any time for all of your important questions. He helps you with everything personally from beginning to close.
- Access to Paul’s individual investor network for your vetted and qualified deals*
- VIP Dinner with Paul
*Must qualify, no guarantee of match, details in contract with investor/PE contact
Note: If upgrading, all prior investments will be credited to the new level.
Note: If upgrading, all prior investments will be credited to the new level.