Contrarian ThinkingReviews of contrarianthinking.co

What an incredible team of people to work with! I have been so impressed by both the value add and the overall accessibility of the CT advisors. While going through my first deal cycle, I got very timely feedback and thoughtful guidance from a number of people (Dan, Heather, Stephanie, Rylan, William) on a daily if not hourly basis. Jordan has been super proactive on the SBA front as well. I was not expecting this level of engagement and couldn't be more grateful given I am new to the game! It is a huge gift and value to be able to forge ahead with greater confidence and preparedness.

I’ve been with CT for 10 months now and it is a great platform, service and community. I’ve learned a lot and there’s still more to learn. The ambassadors and facilitators are amazing and always ready to help. HUGE bonus of they know what they’re talking about and most have gone through it before. Also the training videos are not dry and move pretty quick. I like it and recommend it to all my friends that are into SMB acquisitions. Lots of connections and partnerships and recommendations that seriously help! This is not a done for you acquisitions program but they will help you know their opinions and give you suggestions for how to proceed and protect yourself and your investment/business acquisition. Call out to Clink and Stephanie for your advice and suggestions for my most recent deal reviews. And to Codie and her whole team—Thank You!!!

The deal review team assembled by Contrarian Academy is absolutely stellar. So many times, I’ve been blown away by the depth of things I’ve learned. Also, the number of resources you get access to through Contrarian Academy is overwhelming. You could spend all your time, and still not run out of resources to use.

This community is full of intelligent, authentic, helpful, positive, entrepreneurial people. CT does a great job vetting people that are serious about entrepreneurship/buying a business. I made some great friends and connections over the last 12 months that have been helpful sounding boards for deals. Direct Outcomes that Contrarian made possible: • Understand how to effectively source deals – both on-market and off market and how to present myself as a competent buyer/business owner • How to tell apart brokers that are helpful and brokers that are not helpful • How to find and vet a deal team and understand/budget for these costs in my business acquisition journey • How to write my own LOI (without paying a lawyer each time, saving me thousands of dollars) • The extent to which I can perform my own Due Diligence vs. what I should pay for • Helped me with clearly defining my deal box – which has evolved over the last few months as I have learned about different businesses The people that work at Contrarian are also great! At contrarian camp I had a chance to meet Brittany and learned she is the mind behind mindset and special topics calls. It’s been great seeing her more active in the calls and encouraging people to take the scary step towards business ownership. Both Brittany and Jordan did an amazing job keeping the energy up at camp and getting everyone to participate. Jordan, is super helpful and knowledgeable and usually responds within 1.3 seconds – I’m convinced there are a few clones of him in their office. Claire, one of the concierges, is probably a time traveler – anytime I reach out with a random question or request, she gets back to me before I even asked. The coaches are diverse and all bring great perspectives to every deal that helped me in developing my own mindset on how I evaluate a business that is “good” for me. All advisors are no non-sense and help members see the risk in their deals and balance risks with deal structure. I’m grateful for the direct, constructive, and helpful feedback I received that kept me from making mistakes or wasting time. The services the academy offers improved significantly with the onboarding of Rylan and Stephanie this year. This place went from a community where you can get some good advice to a place full of resources that help close deals. I wasn’t planning on renewing, but after experiencing these improvements and seeing there is more to come, it was worth continuing my entrepreneurship journey with this community. The only complaint I have is transparency around pricing and discounts. My preference would be a flat fee for everyone (without "free" add ons) so the decision to renew or go to an event can be quicker. I also received a trophy for renewing that I know don’t know what to do with – I would have taken pens, notebooks, business books – something I can use in my entrepreneurial journey over a trophy that is sitting in a drawer.

We were part of another community that trained people on how to flip houses. It was similar to the Contrarian Thinking Community, and we were members of that community for four years. Unfortunately, the mentors and trainings weren’t very easy to understand. The people training us often talked over our heads, and we never felt like we received the kind of training we needed. Because of that, we weren’t very confident in what we were learning or in our ability to actually apply it. Because of that experience, we were apprehensive about joining the Contrarian Thinking Community. We’re so glad we took the chance and joined! We are learning so much, and we feel like everyone at CT is incredibly kind. They love what they do, genuinely want to help, and truly care about helping us find the right business and become successful. There are so many people we think are amazing. Just to name a few: Heather & Chris Williams, Stephanie Veal, Robert Schiller, and Jordan Gregory. We could go on and on! We are especially thankful that when we get on calls to learn, everyone speaks in a way that is easy to understand. We never feel like we’re bothering anyone when we ask lots of questions. Instead, they truly want to help us understand and succeed. We would highly recommend the Contrarian Thinking Community to anyone who wants to run their own business. We’re very thankful we took the chance and joined!

I reached out to Ms. Heather Williams for a review of my sde calculations. Her quick responsiveness, feedback and guidance helped me understand and get clarity on the areas I needed help on. This is just another example of the high quality support and learning opportunity CT academy exhibits as the core of its culture. I'd invite others to join a session and experience it themselves.

This community has been a great experience. I'm grateful to have found a circle of professionals who source and study deals alongside me and openly share their insights. Special thanks to Heather and Chris Williams for their recent feedback on a deal I was analyzing, and to the coaches whose boot camp sessions have been full of practical knowledge.

I really appreciate all the support I’ve received from the team. The Deal Advisors are incredibly knowledgeable, but what I appreciate most is how willing they are to help whenever you need it. Heather made time for me and walked me through a confusing deal I was working on. She also helped me understand the tools in the academy a bit better. She’s the freaking best! Stephanie has also been a great resource! She’s helped me polish up my buyer profile, understand a brokers mindset, and also has helped me work through a deal. Candice has also helped me work through a mental block when learning new things started to feel overwhelming. It’s reassuring to know that you’re not doing this alone and that you have a team behind you that genuinely wants to see you succeed. This Contrarian Academy has changed my life for the better. I am forever grateful to all the advisors a part of this team in their kindness to share their talents with the world. Thank you to everyone.