How to Passively Invest in Online Businesses with Kyle Kuderewski

7 May 2024 · 31 min
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This is a May 2024 YouTube interview on the Next Level Income show where host Chris Larsen speaks with Kyle Kuderewski (operations manager at Web Street). Kyle describes his engineering background, remote lifestyle and travel, and transition from corporate engineering to entrepreneurship via short-term rentals and interest in online businesses. He explains online-business categories (affiliate/content sites, Amazon FBA/KDP, SaaS), how brokerages like Empire Flippers list and sell sites, and how Web Street enables accredited investors to passively invest in pooled funds that acquire online businesses. Key operational and financial facts: many online businesses trade around 3–4× yearly earnings; Empire Flippers has facilitated over $500M in sales; Web Street distributes 2/3 of quarterly profits to investors, operators retain skin in the game (~5%), and typical hold periods are 2–4 years. The episode closes with CTAs to empireflippers.com and webstreet.co and the host's coaching offer.

Questions this video answers

Began renting a room/short-term in 2015–2016; purchased the vacation rental duplex in 2018.

Many online/content/SaaS businesses discussed trade around 3–4× annual (earnings) multiples; the guest also cited a general 4× annual range.

Empire Flippers has done over $500 million in businesses sold in the last 10–12 years; their largest listed business was about $15 million.

2/3 of the profits each quarter are delivered to the investor's Web Street wallet (the remaining 1/3 retained by operators/manager).

Generally a 2–4 year hold period after acquisition.

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