Anyone find their business via in-person outreach to potential sellers?

November 14, 2025

by an investor from Wheaton College Illinois in Washington D.C., DC, USA

We are currently running an off-market bootcamp to help searchers use old school outreach methods (cold calling, letter writing, and in-person connections) to identify businesses to acquire. Have you either bought your business due to in-person outreach or sold your person to someone who approached you in person? If so, I'd love to learn from you! Please drop me a comment and I will reach out. Thank You!

Reply by a searcher
from Boston University in Boston, MA, USA

Thanks ^redacted‌ Anna, I am on a number of deal platforms. But for direct outreach, I have used a combination of email, LinkedIn, and traditional letter writing. To locate targets I have used Data Axle, Dun & Bradstreet and recently started using Cerco.ai and Pipedrive. Several LOIs but no closed deals yet. I am happy to discuss.

Reply by an admin
from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Portland, OR, USA

^redacted might to comment on in-person outreach.

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