--- title: "Ace Chapman: Why Start a Business When You Can Buy a Business" description: Warren Buffett is rich because he buys businesses instead of just stocks. See how you can do the same thing with this master of entrepreneurship, Ace Chapman. image: https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hubfs/Blog_Featured_Images/pexels-6956183.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses#main-content) [![Wes Schaeffer is The Sales Whisperer®](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/wes-header-lockup.png?width=1560&height=360&name=wes-header-lockup.png)](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/) - Work With Me Show submenu for Work With Me - [Fix Your Follow-Up](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/follow-up) - [Best Day Ever](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/best-day-ever) - [HANK The AI](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hank) - [12 Weeks To Peak™](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/12-weeks-to-peak) - [48-Hour Fix](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/48-hour-fix) - [Start](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/start) - [Blog](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog) - [The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) - [Speaking](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/sales-keynote-speaker) - [Podcast](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast) Show submenu for Podcast - [Podcast Guests](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast-guests) - [About](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/about) Open main navigation Close main navigation - Work With Me Show submenu for Work With Me - [Fix Your Follow-Up](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/follow-up) - [Best Day Ever](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/best-day-ever) - [HANK The AI](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hank) - [12 Weeks To Peak™](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/12-weeks-to-peak) - [48-Hour Fix](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/48-hour-fix) - [Start](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/start) - [Blog](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog) - [The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) - [Speaking](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/sales-keynote-speaker) - [Podcast](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast) Show submenu for Podcast - [Podcast Guests](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast-guests) - [About](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/about) - [Get The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) [Get The Daily](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/daily) Oct 12, 2015 # Ace Chapman: Why Start a Business When You Can Buy a Business ![Picture of Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Wes%20Schaeffer%2c%20The%20Sales%20Whisperer%20black%20white.png?width=50&name=Wes%20Schaeffer%2c%20The%20Sales%20Whisperer%20black%20white.png) [Wes Schaeffer](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/author/wes-schaeffer) Share: [facebook-f icon](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses) [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses) [pinterest-p icon](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/ace-chapman-buys-businesses) ## [Business Buying Tips](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/blog/being-an-entrepreneur-takes-guts/) you'll learn in this episode of [The Sales Podcast](https://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/podcast)... - What to look for in a business you're thinking of buying - How to buy a business when everyone is walking away - How to find motivated sellers - How to think like a deal-maker - How to think like an investor - How to avoid being tricked into just buying "potential." \[Tweet ""If everyone is walking away, it may be time to buy" says @AceChapman w/@saleswhisperer"\] #### Links Mentioned - [Follow Ace Chapman on X](https://twitter.com/acechapman) - Get Ace's Book, [The Ace Formula: How To Buy A Business](http://amzn.to/1N0t4Ah) ## [Sales Growth Tools](https://thesaleswhisperer.com/inner-circle) Mentioned In The Sales Podcast - [Need a sales keynote? 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