When a savvy buyer hears opportunity knocking to purchase a prime positioned business, she decides not to go it alone and taps in the professionals to help navigate what could potentially be a fruitful acquisition. “Behind the Buy” is a truly rare and exclusive peak into the actual process, dangers, pitfalls and achievements, that can occur when buying a business.

In this limited series, hosts of Legally Sound | Smart Business provide insight and help you understand the steps that can go into acquiring a business and maybe even a piece of the American dream. Hear the calls and conversations that take place while you listen and learn about all the things that can wrong on the path to getting it right.

Full Podcast TranscriptNASIR: Welcome to our first episode of Behind the Buy Series on Legally Sound Smart Business. My name is Nasir Pasha.

MATT: And I'm Matt Staub.

NASIR: This is one thing that we've been wanting to do for a while which is let people understand what it is like to actually work with an attorney, but not only any attorney, us, as attorneys as we represent from start to finish the process of actually buying a business. This series is great for those that are thinking about buying a business or even selling a business for that matter. Not only that, for you guys to understand what it's like to actually work with counsel and to go through the process in real life, of the ups and downs like Matt said of an actual buying process.

MATT: If you've never purchased a business before, this will give you a lot of insight. Probably even more so than some situations where if you have bought or sold a business before. We really go through every detail and every conversation and all the players involved. It's gonna be extremely valuable even if you're not looking to buy or sell a business right now, just having this knowledge and kind of have a general understanding of what can occur in this whole process, I think is gonna be of great value to any of the listeners.

NASIR: For you new listeners, my name is Nasir Pasha. I'm joined by co host and also fellow business associate, law firm associate, attorney associate, Matt Staub. We've been doing this for years. It's been years.

MATT: Yeah, we've been in the podcast game before it was cool, I think.

NASIR: Well, yes. We made it cool, basically.

MATT: Yeah.

NASIR: It's something that we enjoy. This isn't our day job, but we love doing it. This series in particular, I think is part of the reason why we enjoy it because it's so unique. At the end of the day, attorneys are notorious for hiding the ball, hiding the nuances of what they do everyday when in reality, on one hand, it's not that complicated, on the other hand, I wish they would show because it shows what we actually do. Some of the things that we can actually help clients with and expose that. Hopefully, this series does that.

MATT: This is going to be the most in-depth look that you can really find in this sort of medium. I think the listeners will be pleasantly surprised with the insight that's shown here and all the details for this business purchase. We should talk a little bit about who the series is for. The first thing that comes to mind is anyone that's looking to buy a business or I suppose sell a business as well. This is the thing you should be listening to, at least in the podcast medium. It's also pretty valuable to anyone that could possibly buy or sell a business down the road as well because these are the things that you want to keep in mind as you continue the operations of your business. It's these little things and little considerations that would be much helpful if you think about them now as opposed to when you're in the actual negotiation stage. We even saw that a little bit with our client as well. She was able to overcome those pretty quickly. It wasn't an issue, but it's very helpful to get the mind working on those things.

NASIR: Well said, Matt.