Buy track
Buy a Micro-SaaS
A guided path through sourcing, screening, valuation, diligence, and transition logic for buying a small software business without getting lost in marketplace noise.
Reader
Indie acquirer, operator, or founder exploring their first small software acquisition.
Job to solve
Turn vague acquisition interest into a concrete workflow with screening rules, pricing logic, and handoff awareness.
Track outcome
You should be able to screen listings faster, ask better diligence questions, and write a sharper deal memo before making an offer.
Acquisition track
Buy a Micro-SaaS
Screen faster. Price cleaner. Buy with a written case.
Focused acquisition work, not listing drift.
Move from thesis to diligence with a tighter written process instead of browsing on instinct.
Operator-grade questions before the offer.
Use the track to sharpen seller calls, pricing logic, and transfer judgment before the deal feels emotionally real.
Real buyer artifacts, not abstract advice.
Checklist, interview template, memo format, and supporting tools sit inside the same path.
Designed for small software deals.
Built around micro-SaaS realities: concentration, founder dependency, support opacity, and handoff burden.
What changes
The track is meant to change the operating system, not just the reading order.
These are the practical outcomes the path is designed to leave behind. Each one is tied to real pages, tools, and working assets inside the track.
Outcome set
- Screen listings against written rejection rules before diligence expands.
- Ask sharper seller questions and separate narrative confidence from real evidence.
- Price transfer burden, operational opacity, and customer fragility explicitly.
- Write a deal memo before making an offer so conviction stays legible.
Get the track
Start with the kit, then work the sequence.
Get the buyer checklist, memo template, and the guided lesson sequence.
Primary asset
Buyer checklist
A one-page acquisition screen to keep deal momentum tied to written criteria.
Checklist
Buyer checklist
A one-page acquisition screen to keep deal momentum tied to written criteria.
Template
Seller interview template
A structured question set for the first serious seller conversation.
Template
Deal memo template
A simple memo format for pricing conviction before the offer gets emotional.
Tool
SDE valuation calculator
Adjust market multiples for churn, concentration, founder workload, and documentation quality. Headline number versus workload-adjusted number, side by side.
Tool
Listing screener
Ten weighted yes/no questions across financials, operations, and seller signal. Verdict in 30 seconds, failing items become your diligence agenda.
Inside the track
The sequence, the proof, and the operator work.
The path is arranged like a tighter syllabus, but every step still opens into the library itself. Nothing here is locked behind course metaphors or completion theater.
01
Guide · ready
How to buy a micro-SaaS
A workflow-first foundation for sourcing, screening, diligencing, and taking over a small software business without confusing activity for conviction.
02
Guide · ready
Micro-SaaS due diligence checklist
A practical checklist for deciding whether a small software business is understandable, transferable, and worth operating after close.
03
Guide · ready
How to value a small SaaS business
A practical valuation frame for small software acquisitions that weighs quality, transfer risk, and operator fit instead of blindly following marketplace multiples.
04
Guide · ready
What to ask a SaaS seller before buying
A practical question set for the first serious seller conversation so the buyer can test revenue quality, founder dependency, and transfer reality before diligence sprawls.
05
Guide · ready
Red flags in micro-SaaS acquisitions
A practical guide to the signals that should lower conviction or kill a small software acquisition before the buyer confuses seller momentum with deal quality.
06
Directory · ready
Best marketplaces to buy a micro-SaaS
A directory-first guide to the marketplaces and sourcing surfaces most worth checking when buying a small software business.
07
Guide · ready
Build vs buy: when should you acquire instead?
A decision framework for founders choosing between building a new product and acquiring an existing software business with embedded demand, customers, and operating reality.
08
Guide · drafted
What dashboards actually matter in a small SaaS
A practical view on which dashboards and operating views help a small software business stay legible, and which ones mostly create analytic comfort without decision value.
Next tracks
Keep moving through the operator stack.
The tracks are meant to hand off cleanly. Finish this path, then move to the next operator job while the context is still fresh.