James Walbridge

Husband, Father of 3 with 4th on the way, 10+year Fractional CTO. All things web/tech. Buying a FL/Remote/Relocatable biz. DM's open!

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

Been playing with AI songs for fun, Music is going to look so much different in the future. This was a fun creative exercise.

Used @sunomusic with help structuring from GPT.

I imagine we'll be able to generate albums about our lives from our social media feeds in the future.

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@blvckledge woman* :)

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@markbdelaney @ThePECEO Never 😂

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@nikitabier @SMB_Attorney I think the most ridiculous/hilarious part is the community notes source is literally a reply from Elon on SMB attorneys tweet

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@SBA_Matthias

[Matthias Smith, CEO - Pioneer Capital Advisory LLC @SBA_Matthias]

Here are some things that I would recommend for any business buyer looking to purchase a company in 2026:

(1) Get your personal finances in order. Banks are increasingly critical of what your personal financial statement and credit score is in 2026. The implications here include the propensity to provide you with a higher loan amount, better interest rate and to take your file more seriously

(2) Understand what you bring to the deal. Are you a corporate finance guy or gal that has a growth thesis, or are you an operator in the industry that knows the nuance of where the puck is going? Know what your X factor is before starting a search

(3) What is your liquidity runway and is your spouse onboard?

I’ve seen folks get divorced during the deal process. Extended search translates into marital strife. Have the tough conversations ahead of time. It’s a blood bath out there to get a deal under LOI at a good valuation. If you start the search process now, plan for at least 12 months before closing. The process rarely goes fast.

(4) Is the industry that you want to acquire in about to be disrupted by AI or stroke of pen? The former question wasn’t as much of a factor a few years ago, but increasingly I’m having conversations with folks that are looking at buying in professional services where they haven’t don’t a good job thinking about the most around their business. The low hanging fruit will go first in professional services - think accountants doing tax returns for folks that have short 1040s. You absolutely need to be thinking about AI and how it might disrupt the industry you’re looking to acquire in

Stroke of pen - Government contracting used to be a very proposed domain in search. Enter DOGE. The landscape has fundamentally changed in the last two years

(5) Elasticity of demand - Think super carefully about how discretionary the service or product offering that you’re acquiring is. If you’re selling white labeled men’s grooming products on an e-commerce platform to high end clients, if the economy slows, sales might slow. If you’re doing pest control or landscaping in an affluent market, the chances are that your end client is going to be less likely to being susceptible to a slowing economy

There are a lot of important factors in buying a company and these are a few to contemplate before sending an LOI

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@SBA_Matthias I'm all in

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@SMB_Attorney i bet the mom didn't know this guy tweets about giving her daughter oral sex

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@BillDA I gotta figure out how to make videos like this for my ai songs

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@RomanEcom @ShinghiD @grok can you explain this to me like i'm 5 years old https://t.co/FepzOM4bpc

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@blueprintsmb22 So, don't work for the billionaire that actually made the billions, work for the one that inherited it ✅ lol

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@Jules___7 @MehtabKarta There's not infinite money and GLP-1's aren't cheap

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@soundslikecanoe same

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

Wouldn't let me reply on your post lol

[Aaron Orendorff @AaronOrendorff]

I miss the old Sean Frank
That hobo beard Sean Frank
Dead in the eyes Sean Frank
Smoke cigarettes Sean Frank

I hate the new Sean Frank
No doomer mood Sean Frank
Spaz LA news Sean Frank
Pull-ups for views Sean Frank

I love the old Sean Frank
Just wallet sales Sean Frank
F*** all the trains Sean Frank
No powerbanks Sean Frank

See, he invented Sean Frank
It wasn’t any Sean Franks
Now I look and look around
And there’s so many Sean Franks

I used to love Sean Frank
I used to love Sean Frank
Even made Simpsons memes
I thought I was Sean Frank

What if Sean Frank wrote a tweet about Sean Frank
Called “I miss the old Sean Frank”
Man, that’d be so Sean Frank

That’s all we want, Sean Frank
We still love Sean Frank
And I love you like Sean Frank loves Sean Frank

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@MehtabKarta @Yueqi_Yang hell yes. definitely see it as marketing spend lol. hope knicks win tho, thatd be sick🤌

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@MehtabKarta @Yueqi_Yang if a 5k bet offsets the free bar tabs, does the 5k loss not hurt also? he will have typical bar tabs but also -$5k from the knicks bet. good publicity I guess lol.

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@AaronOrendorff i release all commercial rights to my song to you, please dont do that again😂

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@Seanfrank So uh ... How are sales?

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@uk_nafo_bargain @enhanced_games Every strongman/powerlifter is on gear

[James Walbridge @WalbridgeSMB]

@nahuelhilal @1samdavid Well yeah you never voluntarily pick the middle seat that's for damn sure. 😂

But hey, grab some Unisom and let everyone else figure it out.