🔒 FOUNDING COHORT — LIMITED TO 10 MEMBERS  |  Reduced investment · Direct access to Sanjay · Closes when full
FOUNDING COHORT — LIMITED TO 10 MEMBERS

Become a Business Buyers Agent and Pay Yourself $150K–$200K a Year Part Time — Without Quitting Your Job

Learn the high-income skill that sellers' brokers don't want you to know about. No business required. No prior experience needed. Do it alongside your current job.

10
Founding Spots Available
$500B+
In business assets changing hands — PwC
6
We Guarantee Your First Client in 6 Months*

Pick a Time That Works for You

45 minutes with Sanjay. No obligation. Founding cohort spots are strictly limited to 10.

So, What Exactly Is a
Business Buyers Agent?

When someone buys a home, they often use a buyer's agent — someone who works exclusively for the buyer, not the seller. That same model barely exists in the business world. And that's a massive problem.

Right now, when someone wants to buy a business, the broker they're talking to is paid by the seller. That broker's job is to get the highest price for the seller — not to protect the buyer. There's a blatant conflict of interest, and most buyers don't even realise it.

A Business Buyers Agent fills this gap. You represent the buyer. You find the right business, evaluate it, negotiate on their behalf, and guide them through the entire acquisition — and you earn a fee for doing it.

Sellers have brokers working for them. Buyers have nobody. You become the person who changes that — and you get paid handsomely for it.

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Per Deal Earnings

$15,000 – $25,000 per completed acquisition

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Annual Income Potential

$150,000 – $200,000+ working part-time

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Time Commitment

Do it alongside your current job — no need to quit

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Time to Launch

We guarantee your first client in 6 months — or we work with you for another 6, free

The Market Has Never Been
More Ready for You

Three massive tailwinds are creating unprecedented demand for Business Buyers Agents in Australia right now.

1.2M+

Baby Boomers Exiting

Australia's largest generation of business owners is retiring — and they need to sell. Many of these businesses are profitable, well-run, and ready for the right buyer. They just can't find them.

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Buyers Have No Representation

In real estate, buyers use agents. In business, they don't — because there was nobody to call. Until now. You can be the first person in your market to offer this service professionally.

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No Money Down Acquisitions

Many of the businesses we teach you to find can be acquired with little to no capital upfront — making this accessible for both you and your clients, regardless of their financial position.

This Program Is For You If...

We're direct about who will get the most from this. Read both columns before you book a call.

✓ This IS for you if...
  • You want a high-income side skill without leaving your job
  • You're a professional — lawyer, accountant, banker, consultant, real estate agent — with transferable skills
  • You want to earn $15k–$25k per deal working on your own terms
  • You're willing to put in 8 weeks of focused learning and 4 months of implementation — we guarantee you'll land your first client within 6 months if you do
  • You want to eventually build a business acquisition portfolio of your own
  • You're serious, coachable, and ready to act on what you learn
✗ This is NOT for you if...
  • You want someone to do the deals for you — this is a skill-based program, not a done-for-you service
  • You're looking for a get-rich-quick shortcut with zero effort
  • You're not willing to have real conversations with real business owners
  • You expect results without applying what you learn — our guarantee requires you to show up and do the work

Structured Like a University Program
— Without the Three-Year Degree

Every week combines recorded content you can watch on your own time with live group tutorials — flexibility of self-paced learning with the accountability of real-time coaching.

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Recorded Lectures

Each week you get a structured recorded lecture — the same way a university delivers content. Watch it on your schedule, pause and rewind, and come prepared with questions before the live session.

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Live Tutorials with Sanjay

Every week includes a live group tutorial — like a university tutorial class. This is where you ask real questions, work through live deal scenarios, and get direct coaching on your specific situation.

8 Weeks Training. 4 Months Coaching. 6-Month Guarantee.

8 weeks of intensive training followed by 4 monthly group coaching calls where we work through client acquisition together. That's your 6 months. Land your first client within that time — or we work with you personally for another 6 months, free.

We Guarantee Your First Client in 6 Months.*

Complete all 8 weeks, show up to the 4 monthly coaching calls, get your assistant agent licence, and show consistent outreach activity. Do those things and we back you fully. If you haven't landed a paying client within 6 months — we keep going until you do.

We Guarantee Your First Client
in 6 Months.

Here's exactly what you'll learn — no vague promises, no hidden surprises. This is the full curriculum.

01

Acquisition Models

  • How business acquisitions actually work
  • The different models and which suits your clients
  • How Business Buyers Agents fit into the deal
  • Your role, your fees, your positioning
02

Buy Box Strategy

  • How to define the perfect acquisition target
  • Industry filters, size, location, revenue criteria
  • Building a buy box for your clients
  • Why specificity wins deals faster
03

Deal Flow & Sourcing

  • How to generate a consistent pipeline of businesses
  • On-market vs off-market sourcing strategies
  • Building broker relationships that work for you
  • Deal flow systems that run without you
04

Off-Market Deals

  • Finding businesses before they're listed
  • Direct outreach to Baby Boomer owners
  • Scripts and frameworks for cold conversations
  • Why off-market deals are the best deals
05

Financial Evaluation & No Money Down

  • How to read and assess business financials
  • Identifying a good deal vs a bad one fast
  • No money down acquisition strategies
  • Structuring deals that work for cash-poor buyers
06

Due Diligence & Negotiation

  • What to look for — and what to watch out for
  • Due diligence checklists and red flags
  • Negotiation strategies that protect your client
  • How to structure the deal for maximum value
07

Legal & Close

  • Understanding the legal process of acquisition
  • Working with lawyers without getting lost
  • What happens at settlement and after
  • Protecting your client — and your fee
08

Getting Your First Client

  • How to position yourself as a Business Buyers Agent
  • Your fee structure — engagement + success fees
  • Where to find your first paying clients
  • From student to paid professional — your launch plan
Sanjay Pandaram
Head of Finance— Macquarie Bank, Australia
Head of Strategy— Citibank, United States
Head of Analytics— Lloyds Bank, United Kingdom
Executive Manager, Corporate Banking— CBA, Australia

Hi, I'm Sanjay Pandaram
The Acquisitions Guy

I've spent over 20 years at the top of global banking. I've sat inside Macquarie, Citibank, Lloyds, and CBA, understanding exactly how businesses are valued, financed, structured, and acquired at the highest level.

I've already coached 70+ people through the business acquisition process — helping them find, evaluate, and buy businesses. That experience is the foundation of everything I'm teaching you in this program.

What I noticed, over and over again, is that when someone buys a business, they're completely on their own. The broker is paid by the seller. Nobody is actually fighting for the buyer. That's the gap this program fills.

I'm not selling you a dream. I'm teaching you a real, in-demand professional skill backed by two decades of hands-on experience at the sharpest end of corporate banking and business acquisitions.

70+
Acquisitions Coached
$500B+
Market Opportunity — PwC
20+
Years Experience
3
Countries Worked In

Professionals from All Backgrounds
Learning This Skill

Our students come from law, IT, finance, real estate and beyond. What they have in common — they were serious, they showed up, and they did the work.

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I was a lawyer for 15 years. I thought I understood deals. This program showed me an entirely different world — and within three months I was working on my first acquisition as a paid agent. The banking background Sanjay brings is unlike anything else out there.

Former LawyerNow Active Business Buyers Agent
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I was working in IT and had no idea this career even existed. The program is structured brilliantly — the recorded lectures plus live tutorials meant I could keep my job and still get through the content. I've already got two deals in my pipeline.

IT ProfessionalCurrently Managing $2M+ in Deal Pipeline
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What sold me was Sanjay's credibility. This isn't a guy who read some books about business buying — he's spent 20 years inside the biggest banks in the world doing this. That makes a huge difference when you're learning something this technical.

Finance ProfessionalCurrently in the Program

Straight Answers to the Questions People Ask

Do I need experience in business or finance to join? +
No. We have students from law, IT, real estate, trade, and many other backgrounds. What matters more is professionalism, the ability to hold a conversation, and a genuine interest in business. The technical knowledge is what we teach.
Can I do this while keeping my full-time job? +
Absolutely — that's by design. The recorded lecture format means you can consume the content in your own time, and the live tutorials are scheduled so you can attend around work. Many of our students are employed full-time while building their Business Buyers Agent practice on the side.
How do Business Buyers Agents actually get paid? +
Your fee structure has two components: an engagement fee upfront when a client formally engages you, and a success fee when the deal closes. Combined, most deals generate $15,000–$25,000 in fees. You discuss and agree on fees directly with your client — we teach you exactly how to structure and present this.
Do I need a licence or qualification to operate as a Business Buyers Agent? +
Yes — and it's simpler than you think. To operate as a Business Buyers Agent in Australia you need an assistant agent's licence, which is a short online course costing around $200 that takes just a few days to complete. You can be fully licensed and ready to sign your first client by the time you finish Week 8. Over the following 12 months you work toward your full licence in parallel — most people do this alongside their existing job. We walk you through the whole process inside the program.
How long before I can start earning? +
We guarantee it. Complete all 8 weeks, attend the 4 monthly coaching calls, get your assistant agent licence — a $200 online course that takes a few days — and show consistent outreach activity. Do those things and we back you fully: if you haven't landed your first paying client within 6 months, we work with you personally for another 6 months at no charge. One deal pays for this program many times over.
How much does the founding cohort cost? +
Founding members receive a significantly reduced investment compared to what this program will sell for publicly — in exchange for direct participation, honest feedback, and a case study at the end. We discuss the exact investment on the BBA Blueprint Call. This pricing will not be available once the founding cohort closes. A single completed deal pays for the program many times over.

This Price Won't Exist Again.

Once the founding cohort is full, the program moves to full price — permanently. If you're serious about launching your Business Buyers Agent practice this year, now is the time to apply.

Founding members get the full program, direct access to Sanjay, and a price that reflects the exchange — your participation and feedback for our proof.

BOOK YOUR BBA BLUEPRINT CALL →

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Business Buyers Institute · Acquisitions with Sanjay

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