Walker Deibel is the best-selling author of Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game, which released to critical acclaim including being recognized by Forbes as “one of the top 7 books all entrepreneurs must read,” and is currently being used in multiple universities as a textbook for "Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition."

Walker acquired seven companies outright over a ten-year period, resulting in having owned and operated in many industries including manufacturing, fulfillment, software, education, entertainment, and eCommerce. He’s also started companies from scratch, enjoyed 2 exits, made almost 2-dozen minority acquisitions.

He's a serial acquisition entrepreneur, Partner with Quiet Light where he helps online-based businesses exit, and the creator of the Acquisition Lab, which helps first-time business buyers with world-class education, coaching, tools, and community to create the world’s first “do-it-with-you” buyside advisory experience.

He is a Certified M&A Advisor, Certified M&A Professional, M&A Master Intermediary, Certified Exit Planning Advisor, and former FINRA / SEC licensed stockbroker. He has been awarded Thought Leader of the Year by both the Alliance of M&A Advisors and Axial, as well as having received the platinum award from M&A Source.

Walker holds an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis where he was awarded the Declaration of Accomplishment in Entrepreneurship, and currently serves as an adjunct professor of acquisition entrepreneurship for MBA students.

His work has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc, Fast Company, and the Harvard Business Review.
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Linkedin: https://Linkedin.com/in/walkerdeibel
Website: https://www.BuyThenBuild.com
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Other interviews:
Lana Coronado: https://youtu.be/6pxWPbDvMb8
Ali Tarafdar and Brucker Krafft from Labruta Capital: https://youtu.be/q_XGvUujdVM
Rudy Upshaw: https://youtu.be/r3hey09geG8
Aaron Bud: https://youtu.be/ObBZoOdrkmM
Josh Ploch: https://youtu.be/a0kYduCvP_Y
Joel Ankney: https://youtu.be/JV9oTuehzlQ
Dana Derricks: https://youtu.be/ETVP058Iumk
Scotty Schindler: https://youtu.be/G9MbE_8SQ94
Joshua Johnston: https://youtu.be/-pb5UatK0v0
Sharon Brown: https://youtu.be/sOYT1HjXwME
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