Acquiring Minds
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Side Hustle Acquisition to $5m in Revenue
Oct 12, 20261h 21m
The Roll-Up with No Investors & No Clock
Oct 8, 20261h 42m
$33m Holdco: Teddy Bears to Insurance Claims
Oct 5, 20261h 2m
The $150k Hiding in the Business He Bought
Oct 1, 20261h 30m
How to Buy a $2.1m Business Without the SBA
Sep 28, 20261h 28m
Buying a $7.3m Golf Course with No Money Down
Sep 24, 20261h 30m
Buying a $12.5m Contractor to Create 1,000 Jobs
Sep 21, 20261h 30m
Losing a $1m SDE Business to Bankruptcy
Sep 17, 20261h 11m
$340k to $1.3m of Earnings in 14 Months
Sep 14, 20261h 31m
Buy a Business with Your Tax Bill
Sep 10, 20261h 7m
First-Timer Buys a $15m Business in Distress
Sep 7, 20261h 23m
An Engineer's Mini Berkshire: 2 Auto Shops in 1 Year
Sep 3, 20261h 45m
Right-Tail Outcome for a Husband & Wife Search Fund
Aug 31, 20261h 43m
The Ferrari of Signage: $9.5m Pipeline in 6 Months
Aug 27, 20261h 58m
40 Schools to 130: The Roll-Up 2 Years Later
Aug 24, 20261h 18m
From $700k Purgatory to $3m: A Mosquito Joe Update
Aug 20, 20261h 1m
3 Years, $80k In: An Honest Update
Aug 17, 202659 min
$400k Profit Fixing Church Pews
Aug 13, 20261h 9m
Surviving a 2-Month Revenue Freeze in Year 1
Aug 10, 20261h 9m
Second-Time CEO Buys a $30m Title Company
Aug 6, 20261h 22m
Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door
Aug 3, 20261h 36m
How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses
Jul 30, 20261h 34m
60% Concentration That Killed an Exit
Jul 27, 20261h 49m
Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years
Jul 23, 20261h 38m
No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line
Jul 20, 20261h 16m
Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees
Jul 16, 20261h 22m
Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business
Jul 13, 20261h 30m
Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier
Jul 9, 20261h 27m
Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer
Jul 6, 20261h 26m
(replay)Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years
Jul 2, 20261h 23m
Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1
Jun 29, 20261h 36m
How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales
Jun 25, 20261h 23m
Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business
Jun 22, 20261h 25m
From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE)
Jun 18, 20261h 38m
Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline
Jun 15, 20261h 49m
How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer
Jun 11, 20261h 31m
How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee
Jun 8, 20261h 11m
The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting)
Jun 4, 20261h 25m
Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund
Jun 1, 20261h 46m
Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan
May 28, 20261h 23m
The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth
May 25, 20261h 33m
Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples
May 21, 20261h 55m
The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco
May 18, 20261h 49m
Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business
May 14, 20261h 24m
How to Structure Around Risk in a $250k SDE Acquisition
May 11, 20261h 17m
Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE)
May 7, 20261h 23m
A $800k Business to Start, $60m Portfolio Today
May 4, 20261h 5m
Buying Then Losing a $2.1m HVAC Business
Apr 30, 20261h 53m
From $1m to $25m in 6 Years
Apr 27, 20261h 56m
The Searchers Building a $10m EBITDA Powerhouse
Apr 23, 20261h 8m