Founder, Aligned Profit · Proprietary M&A Deal Sourcing. The sales operator who built off-market deal-sourcing systems for 55+ business brokers, then brought the same system straight to buyers. A no-nonsense take on the part of acquisition nobody does for you: finding the deal.
Methodology proven sourcing $130M+ on the broker side (2023–present); now applied buyer-side.
Tyler Murdock is the founder of Aligned Profit, a proprietary M&A sourcing firm for serious acquirers. After building deal-sourcing systems for 55+ business brokers, he's now bringing the same system directly to buyers: self-funded searchers, SBA-financed buyers, independent sponsors, and acquisitive companies who want to close off-market instead of competing in auctions.
Tyler Murdock is the founder of Aligned Profit, a proprietary deal-origination firm for buyers in the lower middle market. He came to M&A not from banking but from sales (corporate, dental, and healthcare go-to-market), where he learned to turn cold lists into real conversations with decision-makers.
Beginning in 2023 he built and ran sourcing for 55+ business brokers nationally, generating 2,300+ seller engagements, $130M+ in deal value, and $35.6M in closed transactions. After watching brokers bid on the very deals they were hired to sell, he restructured around buyers: same methodology, cleaner incentives, one client per segment, and the owners he surfaces going to the buyer who paid for the search.
How buying off-market means no bidding war, and how operators beat PE without outspending them.
Why sourcing execution, not information or financing, is the real bottleneck for searchers and SBA buyers.
The "starving crowd" method: finding intent signals and turning a cold list into 200+ replies in a week.
The incentive conflict inside the brokered model, and why he rebuilt his whole business around it.
For a searcher who's been hunting for 12–18 months with nothing in the pipeline, what are they actually doing wrong?
What does "off-market" really mean, and why does it mean no bidding war?
You sourced $130M+ in deals for brokers, with clients making $500K–$1M a year off your pipeline. Why bring that system to buyers instead?
Walk us through the dentist story: one email to a scraped list of 2,000 dentists, 200+ replies, during the worst month of your life.
What's the incentive conflict baked into the brokered model that most buyers never see?
What does it actually take to build a relationship with an owner 6–18 months before they're ready to sell?
You won't source for big PE on principle. Why turn down that money?
What's the single biggest mistake first-time acquirers make before they ever look at a deal?
“Broke buyers buy on price. Wealthy buyers buy to mitigate risk.”
“Information was never the bottleneck. Sourcing execution is, and that's the part nobody does for you.”
“The owner who met you before the banker isn't running a process. He's having a conversation.”
“A broker whose fee depends on the deal closing has pressure to close a deal, not surface the right one.”
“Gary Halbert said find a starving crowd. So I built a list of 2,000 dentists.” Fired and broke, he scraped a public Invisalign directory, sent one email, and got 200+ replies in a week. The origin of the whole methodology.
Built an automation that 3×'d his output in three months, then got fired for teaching it to the other reps. The lesson: skill without your own structure is labor for someone else.
Why the best off-market deals come from patient cultivation, not pressure, and how a "no" today becomes a clean deal later.
The conflict of interest that ended his broker era and triggered the pivot to buyer-side sourcing.
Why he refuses to source for big private equity, and who actually deserves to win these deals.
Real off-market deals across the spectrum, with zero auctions.
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Remote (high-quality audio/video) or in-studio. Comfortable with solo interviews, panels, and live.
Speaking on deal sourcing, M&A, outbound systems, and acquisition entrepreneurship.
Quotes and contributed pieces for articles and newsletters. Typically responds within 1–2 business days.
Point your audience to the free Buy Box Score tool with your custom referral link, and earn a referral bonus when they engage. Drop it in show notes, episode descriptions, email blasts, newsletters, or social posts. You don't have to sell anything; the free tool does the qualifying.
| Engagement | Retainer | Referral bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Regional SearchOne metro, state, or multi-state region | $4,000/mo | $1,000 |
| National SearchBuy box open across the U.S. | $4,000/mo | $2,000 |
A flat bonus per referral, paid once, 30 days after the client's engagement starts. No cap. 12-month tracking cookie, paid via PayPal. Email tyler@alignedprofit.com to become a partner.
Operator, not a theorist. Comes prepared with numbers, frameworks, and stories. Low lift for the host.
Email tyler@alignedprofit.com