How it runs
Twenty seats, filled by application. It starts with $5 and a target of yours, and a written valuation of that target comes back before anybody decides anything about a seat.
Buyer Cohort
Bring a deal. Learn what makes it worth buying.
Work on a real acquisition target with buyers and operators who will test the numbers, show you where the deal holds, and say clearly where it breaks.
FM Enterprises / Atlanta
01Bring a deal02Value the target03Build buyer judgmentBuyer Cohort
A real target. A short sprint. Better judgment.
The work stays tied to a business you may actually buy, the numbers underneath it, and the decision in front of you.
Who it is for
Buyers, operators, investors and entrepreneurs who are prepared to bring a real target and look at its numbers honestly.
What it costs
$5 to apply. A $495 balance only if you are selected. Five hundred dollars in total, and nothing else to participate.
In more detail
How it runs
A valuation first, and a named method. The Capital Access Model prices a business against what a bank will actually finance, rather than against a multiple or an asking price. It is run on your real deal and the written range comes back within 24 hours. Everything after that is tested against that number, which keeps the room on evidence rather than opinion. Valuations are provided for informational purposes only: the model is not an appraisal, a fairness opinion, or a financing commitment.
Eight hours live, across two weeks. Weekdays at 11:00 AM Central, with recordings and a private channel between sessions. The first days build the buy box, then the sourcing engine goes live, then reading a seller’s numbers, and it ends on valuations and a letter of intent you could send. Have counsel review any letter of intent before you do.
A decision inside 48 hours, either way. Applications are read and the answer comes by email whether it is yes or no.
Who it is for
A real target means a specific company. One you are in conversation about, have made an offer on, or have identified closely enough to get the financials. The valuation at the start is performed on that business, so a hypothetical does not survive the first week.
Do not apply to have a deal found for you. That is not what this is. You build your own pipeline with the engine and the templates, and the room pressure-tests what you bring. Nor is it for somebody with no capital and no credible path to it: you need to be able to fund diligence and a deposit, or to have a route to partner capital, and if you have neither this is the wrong month.
Your deal goes on a screen in front of a small group and gets taken apart. That is the value and it is also uncomfortable, and it is worth knowing before you pay rather than after. First deal or tenth, everyone else — bring the target.
What it costs
The $5 is a purchase, not a toll. It buys the FM Buyer Playbook, which is the full method in writing, and one Capital Access Model valuation on your first target. Those are $100 and $400 engaged on their own. You get both whether or not you are selected, and they are not clawed back.
What a seat delivers, priced individually, comes to $6,400. Valuations on up to six of your targets at $400 each, the eight hours live at $2,000, the buy box and acquisition thesis at $750, the deal-flow engine at $750, and the letter of intent framework at $500. Those figures reflect comparable market rates for the same services engaged separately.
So why $500 and not $6,400? Because the cohort is not the business. It is how FM meets serious buyers, which is also why it is application-only and capped at twenty seats: priced low and selected hard, rather than priced high and open to everyone. Some members want hands-on advisory help on a deal afterwards. That is the model said out loud, and it is optional.
The next move
Bring a deal. See where it holds.
Work on a real acquisition target with buyers and operators who will test the numbers, show you where the deal holds, and say clearly where it breaks.