In this podcast episode, Dominic Wells, CEO of Onfolio, shares insights into his strategic approach to online business acquisitions. He emphasizes long-term ownership and growth through reinvesting profits into acquisitions. Evaluating businesses involves scrutinizing the digital marketing landscape and ensuring autonomy and resilience.
Navigating risks involves assessing revenue stability and anticipating disruptions like algorithm updates. Diversification mitigates risks and enables agility in response to market dynamics.
Adaptability is key in a rapidly changing landscape. Dominic stresses building resilience, embracing change, and continuous learning.
Learning from past mistakes, Dominic highlights the importance of effective founder transitions and tailored optimization strategies.
Identifying opportunities in undervalued sectors like agencies and Ecommerce, Dominic cautions against overvaluing SaaS businesses and emphasizes nuanced valuation.
Looking ahead, Dominic plans to optimize the portfolio, raise capital, and explore opportunities in software and Ecommerce.
In conclusion, Dominic underscores strategic foresight, adaptability, and commitment to long-term value creation as crucial for success in online M&A.
Episode Links:
Complexity Investing, a white paper published in 2014 by NZS Capital that looks at the process of analyzing and investing in companies that are adaptable, long-term focused, innovative, possess long-duration growth, and maximize non-zero-sum outcomes: https://www.nzscapital.com/news/complexity
Onfolio is a publicly traded holding company that acquires profitable online businesses with a focus on growing those businesses, and extracting the extra cash flows generated: https://onfolio.com/
Dom Wells LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-wells-onfolio/
