I Built Deal14 Because I Was on a Broker Call and Couldn't Answer a Simple Question

I was on a call with a broker last year. He mentioned they were revising the asking price down by $250K. I said "give me a second" and started adjusting my spreadsheet.

The problem is my spreadsheet had about eight places where the asking price fed into downstream calculations. I changed one. Got a number. Changed another. Number changed again. I wasn't sure which one to believe. By the time I figured it out, we'd moved on to something else.

That shouldn't happen.

You should be able to answer "does this structure work at that price?" in 30 seconds — DSCR, cash at close, debt service — without touching your saved model or breaking anything.

That was the moment I decided to build something better.

I'd been modelling deals on spreadsheets I inherited from various SearchFunder posts and Stanford GSB templates. They were fine for one deal. For the 10th deal, after you've patched them three times, they're not fine. The SBA math was inconsistent — percentages applied to EV instead of TPC, fees not properly rolled in, seller note standby periods miscalculated. I'd fix one thing and something else would break.

So I built Deal14. It's a deal modelling platform for SBA 7(a) acquisitions.

Capital stack with correct TPC-based math and fee rollup. DSCR calculated from CFADS with real GM salary and tax assumptions. Negotiation scenarios — model three different prices and structures side-by-side without touching your base case. AI CIM extraction. P&L Intelligence. IOI/LOI generation.

I use it on every deal I look at. It's live at deal14.com. Free to start, $49.99/month for the full version.

I'm offering three months free to anyone from SearchFunder who wants to use it on a real deal. Only ask is a 30-minute call to tell me what's working and what isn't.

If you're evaluating something right now and want to run the numbers, DM me or sign up directly.