Show overview
The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 101 episodes. That works out to roughly 90 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 47 min and 58 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Business show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Helen Guo.
From the publisher
Every week, Helen Guo interviews successful acquisition entrepreneurs, independent sponsors, and investors who have acquired businesses. Learn how to buy a business rather than starting one from scratch from those who have done it themselves.
Latest Episodes
View all 101 episodesHow He Turned This Boring Business Into a 24x Return (No Experience)
How He Bought a $1.5M Business at 28 (No Experience)
How His Boring Business Does $4.7M/Year
How He Bought a $965k Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job
How 2 Friends Bought a Business That Prints $780K/yr
He Stopped Investing In Real Estate, This Is Why…
From $18M AI Founder to a Cleaning Business (Working 15hr/week)
How She Went From a Tech Layoff to a $1M+ Business
Why He Won't Sell The Business He Could Exit For $18M
How She Bought A $3M Pet Food Business Making $500K/yr (For 10% Down)
How He Went From $0 to $1.8M/yr (While Living on His Wife’s Salary)
How He Bought a 51-Year-Old Business for ONLY 7% Down
How He Went From $0 to $1B/yr in ONLY 5 Years
How He Bought a $1.37M Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job
How He Bought a Tree Care Company (and Built an Empire)
He Bought His First Business at $17M and 2x'd It in 5 Years
Why He'd Rather Hold 6 Businesses for 40 Years Than Flip Them
He Put $0 Down and Sold It for $35 Million
His Business Is Boring, But It Returns 50% a Year
Ep 88Why He's Buying "Dead" Bowling Alleys Nobody Wants
Mike Fagan is a former professional bowler who spent 13 seasons on the PBA tour before getting his MBA at UC Berkeley Haas and working in management consulting. In April 2025, he acquired Ten Pins and More, a bowling alley in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, for $2.05 million including real estate via SBA 7A financing. The bank classified the deal as a turnaround. Today, he owns two locations with a third on the way, operates remotely from Dallas 600 miles away, and is scaling toward $8-10 million in revenue across 3-5 locations.He explains:◼️ Why bowling alleys are undervalued, below replacement cost, and have almost no competing buyers◼️ How he got SBA financing on a deal the bank said wasn't cash flowing enough to cover the payments◼️ The zero-COGS economics behind bowling and why the business fills itself four days a week without marketing◼️ How he went from flying in every week for nine months to running the business fully remote from 600 miles away◼️ Why his pro bowling background gives him an acquisition advantage that no other buyer in the space can replicateSubscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): Join for free here Want help buying a business? Learn about SMB Deal Hunter ProFollow Helen:Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/