sponsored by DealGen Partners: 

A quick intro, for anyone new here.

I'm Joe Zanca, and I run DealGen Partners. We outsource business development for private equity firms, family offices, and qualified buyers. We work as a partner, not as a vendor. In plain terms, we become your deal origination engine.

The work speaks for itself. On average, our clients are under LOI within the first 90 to 120 days. And we stand behind it: we'll bring you 10 qualified deals within the first four months, or we work for free until we hit that number.

So if you're looking for a new platform company to buy, or one of your existing platforms is looking to grow through acquisition, let's talk. We'll get into the industry, do a little market mapping, and start putting together a qualified list of targets.

Reach out to me directly at [email protected]

Marc and I have known each other since our early twenties.

He's not in M&A. He's not in finance. He runs a services business in New England.

One day he sent me a text. “Hey, I know a guy who's thinking about selling his business. You interested?”

I said yes. Marc forwarded an email. Three sentences.

Eight months later, that introduction closed. The referral fee I paid Marc was just north of $250,000.

People hear that number and ask me what the secret is. There isn't one.

Marc didn't have a database. He didn't run a campaign. He didn't know what the deal was worth or whether it would ever close. He just trusted me enough to pass along something he heard.

You can't automate that. You can't buy it. You build it over years by being someone worth calling.

The deals worth the most rarely come from the loudest outreach. They come from people who think of you when they hear something. Every fund has access to the same lists. Very few have a Marc.