Mike Warren | BizBuyEmpire — Buy Profitable Businesses Using the 80/10/10 Bulletproof Framework
Business Acquisition · Private Equity · SBA Financing

How Everyday Professionals Are Buying $1M–$5M Businesses Without Risking Their Life Savings

Mike Warren is the founder of BizBuyEmpire, helping corporate professionals acquire cash-flowing businesses using the 80/10/10 Bulletproof Acquisition Framework — with as little as 5% down through preferred SBA lenders.

Doctors, engineers, construction workers, corporate managers — 50,000+ professionals have learned this framework. No PE background required. The business pays its own debt from day one.

35+
Years Experience
3
PE Firms
$1B+
Enterprise Value Creation
7x
Bestselling Author
50K+
Professionals Trained
Kevin’s First Acquisition
$1.6MHospice Company
$2.5MAnnual Revenue
$1.4MAnnual Profit
50%Seller Financing
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Who Is Mike Warren?

Mike Warren
Mike Warren
CEO & Founder, Business Mastery University

Mike Warren is a business acquisition expert and private equity professional with over 35 years of hands-on experience in buying, growing, and selling businesses. He is the CEO and founder of Business Mastery University and BizBuyEmpire, and an owner in three private equity firms contributing to over $1 billion in enterprise value creation.

A military veteran, Mike didn’t come from wealth. He grew up as a self-described “military brat,” seeing firsthand the difference between people who owned businesses and people who worked for them. By his twenties, he was investing in real estate. By his thirties, he was acquiring businesses. Today, he has contributed to over $1 billion in enterprise value creation across his firms and has authored seven bestselling books on business acquisition, creative financing, and wealth building.

Mike co-founded Boots2Suits, a program dedicated to helping military veterans transition from service into civilian business ownership. His mission: help 100,000 professionals buy profitable businesses and become equity owners — without risking their life savings.

He has been featured in Entrepreneur, Fox, ABC, CBS, USA Today, Fortune, CNN, NBC, Success Magazine, and SiriusXM.

🏆 35+ years private equity
🏢 3 PE firm owner
📚 7x bestselling author
🎖 Military veteran
💼 $1B+ enterprise value creation
🤝 Co-founder, Boots2Suits

The 80/10/10 Bulletproof Acquisition Framework

How It Works

A deal structure designed so the business you buy pays its own debt from day one — while you keep 100% ownership.

80%
SBA Loan
Government-backed financing covers the majority of the purchase. Low interest, long terms, proven program.
10%
Seller Note
The seller carries 10% as a note — your built-in insurance policy. If the business underperforms, the seller shares the downside.
10%
Your Down Payment
As little as 5% through our preferred SBA lender network — half what most brokers will tell you is possible.
The business pays its own debt. You own 100% of it.

The Bulletproof Score

Five requirements every deal must pass before we make an offer. Developed across 35 years and three private equity firms. If one fails, we walk. That’s how you buy profitable businesses and make them bulletproof.

✓ DCR 2.5x+ — Business generates 2.5x the cash needed to service all debt obligations
✓ DSCR 2.5x+ — Debt service coverage verified independently from multiple financial angles
✓ Multiple ≤3x EBITDA — We never overpay. If they ask 5x, we walk away.
✓ Cash Flow $100K+ — Enough margin to absorb surprises and still pay you well
✓ 3 Months Working Capital — The criterion everyone else ignores. The one that kills deals.
Every deal must pass all five. If one fails, we walk away. That’s what bulletproof means.

Who’s Using This Framework to Buy Profitable Businesses?

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Corporate Professionals
Managers, directors, VPs who’ve built careers working for others and want to own 100% of something that pays them every month.
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Doctors, Dentists & Professionals
High-earning professionals who want to diversify beyond their practice into bulletproof, cash-flowing business assets.
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Engineers & Tech Professionals
Analytical thinkers who understand systems and want to apply that mindset to owning a real business.
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Skilled Trades & Operators
Construction workers, contractors, and operators who know how businesses run and want to own one instead of just working in one.

7x Bestselling Author on Buying Profitable Businesses

How to Buy a Business Using Its Own Cash book cover
How to Buy a Business Using Its Own Cash
The foundational guide to acquiring businesses with creative financing and OPM (other people’s money).
The EXIT Formula book cover
The EXIT Formula
How to sell your business for more than it’s worth — preparing your exit from day one.
Real Estate Is For Suckers book cover
Real Estate Is For Suckers
Why buying a profitable business beats real estate investing — and how to do it using other people’s money.
Deal or No Deal book cover
Deal or No Deal
Dominate business acquisitions with seller financing strategies and negotiation frameworks.
Guerrilla Credit book cover
Guerrilla Credit
Co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson. Unconventional ways to get cash and credit for your business.
Secrets to Real Estate Paper book cover
Secrets to Real Estate Paper
How to make 37% tax-free on your money without the stock market, guaranteed with real estate.

What Happens When You Make Deals Bulletproof

Actual messages from clients who used the framework to acquire profitable businesses and keep 100% ownership.

Client text message to Mike Warren: Got my first deal - a hospice company in the SW USA, listed at $1.2M, bid $1.6M which was accepted. Revenues of $2.5M and profit of $1.4M with 50% seller financing and 5% retained equity.
Kevin D. — $1.6M Hospice Company · $1.4M annual profit · 50% seller financing
Client text message to Mike Warren: Oklahoma cannabis company agreed to $3 million purchase price at 1.64 multiple of $1.825 million net profit. 80% profit margin. 90% owner financing with seller note at 5% interest amortized over 10 years. Excited to partner without putting any money into the deal.
Alex R. — $3M Cannabis Company · $1.8M net profit · 90% owner financing · $0 out of pocket
Client text message to Mike Warren: Texas roofing company agreed to $3 million purchase price at 1.58 multiple of $1.9 million net profit. 34% profit margin. 30% owner financing with 20% seller note at 5% interest and 10% roll over equity. Seller also has a solar company to sell at cost of inventory.
Alex R. — $3M Roofing Company · $1.9M net profit · Plus bonus solar company at cost
Client text message to Mike Warren: Deal details - $3.7 million including closing costs, $3.2 million revenue, $1.1 million EBITDA, $190K raised, 10-year SBA loan. Each signer had to get $1 million life insurance policy.
Flint H. — $3.7M Acquisition · $1.1M EBITDA · SBA financed
Email from client Mehran Aminzadeh to Mike Warren: Broker and seller reached out, interested in our offer. Seller countered from $875K to $925K, OK with 50% seller carry, closing set for first week of January. At $925K looking at a 2x multiple.
Mehran A. — $925K Acquisition · $470K yearly profit · 50% seller financing · 2x multiple
Handwritten testimonial from Marketa Mack thanking Mike Warren: Quit my 9-to-5 job, ran across Buy a $1M Business With No Money Down webinar, bought the material, learned what I could and went for it. Today I recently quit my job and now own a kids and ladies boutique with no money down and seller financing.
Marketa M. — Quit her 9–5 · Owns a retail boutique · No money down · Seller financing
Facebook comment from Josh Key on bizbuyempire.com post: I'm already less than a month in. Content so far is amazing. Can't wait to be a satisfied customer after 90 days. Unsolicited comment. 55 likes.
Josh K. — “Less than a month in. Content so far is amazing.” · Unsolicited comment
Student success story - Mehran Aminzadeh email to Mike Warren confirming $925,000 business acquisition with $470K yearly profit and 50% seller financing at a 2x multiple. Broker and seller reached out, interested in offer, closing set for first week of January.
Mehran A. — $925K acquisition · $470K yearly profit · 50% seller financing · 2x multiple

* Results shown are from actual clients of Mike Warren’s programs. Individual results vary based on effort, deal quality, market conditions, financing approval, and other factors. Acquiring a business involves significant risk. These testimonials represent individual experiences and are not guarantees of future performance.

Common Questions About Buying Profitable Businesses & Keeping 100% Ownership

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