The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast

Join me as I interview Bill Haig, a former US Army infantry officer who transitioned into acquisition entrepreneurship.Bill acquired Starfit Studios, an independent gym in Northern Virginia. He is now in the process of opening up Starfit’s 4th location in the DC area._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Tato Corcoran, a real estate investor who diversified into business acquisitions.Tato previously worked in tech for 10 years and built up a portfolio of rental properties.She decided to acquire a small business for cashflow to replace her 9-5 income.Now, she owns a marble manufacturing business in Wisconsin._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Stephen Crandall, the owner of SC Audit and Accounting Solutions.Stephen went from working at PWC to acquiring 7 accounting firms in Arizona with offices in Prescott and Scottsdale._______________________________JOIN SMB DEAL HUNTER👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Bruce Marks, a SBA lender from First Bank of the Lake. Bruce has closed over $400 million of deals in 9 years and specializes in serving SMBs and search funds with SBA loans from $2.5-$10.0 million._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Aaron Harper, an entrepreneur who acquired the franchise rights to local power-washing company Rolling Suds and turned it into one of the fastest-growing franchises nationwide._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Patrick Dichter, an entrepreneur who has acquired 3 accounting firms as a non-accountant.Patrick is the owner of Appletree Business Services, an accounting firm providing bookkeeping, tax, and payroll services nationwide._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Lord Leroy Young (aka Lee), a former fighter pilot who spent 10 years on Wall Street and then bought 6 businesses.Over a 10 year period, Lee acquired a variety of businesses ranging from a gas station to a golf driving range to a kayak store._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Taylor Wallace, an acquisition entrepreneur who is the owner of Paws n Rec doggy daycares in Tampa, Florida. Taylor also recently partnered up with Pet Resort Hospitality Group and is helping lead this PE-backed platform with 6 resort brands across 17 locations._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview acquisition entrepreneur Kriss Berg aka “The Car Wash Guy,” an entrepreneur who has acquired multiple self-serve car wash locations.Kriss also runs an e-Commerce business selling health supplements that he started in 2012, and he’s investing profits from those businesses into buying additional car wash locations._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview acquisition entrepreneur Ryder Fyrwald, the owner of Cover Label.Ryder left his career in real estate private equity (and prior to that, working at VC-backed tech startups) to pursue business acquisitions.He and his former college classmate partnered up to buy 2 label manufacturing businesses in 5 years._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview acquisition entrepreneur Cody Agee.Cody left his career in investment banking to run a 13-month self-funded search process to buy a business.He’s now the proud owner of Sierra Dairy Laboratory, a California-based testing services provider that caters to the dairy industry._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview successful entrepreneur Connor Pera.Connor left his career working in marketing for a large CPG company to buy a business.He’s now the proud owner of The Print Authority, a print shop in Nashville. _______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview Elyse Gonzales, VP of SBA Lending at Live Oak Bank.Live Oak Bank is the #1 SBA lender in the country based on SBA loan volume.

Join me as I interview successful acquisition entrepreneur Shawn Allard.Shawn was a former consultant and left his corporate 9-5 to get into business buying.He’s now the proud owner of a fast-growing ice cream company in Arizona, Novel Ice Cream._______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview successful acquisition entrepreneur Mike Okhravi.Mike was a former tech employee and left his W2 to get into business buying.He’s now the proud owner of a garage flooring business and a towing company. The crazy part? Even though Mike was a first-timer, he bought these two businesses within 35 days of each other. _______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz

Join me as I interview successful acquisition entrepreneur Nate Packer.Nate acquired a kitchen hood cleaning business for $928k in Jan '22 and sold the business for $2.07M in Dec '23. During this time, he grew EBITDA from ~$300k to $515k and revenue from $800k to $1.45M. _______________________________👉 Sign Up For Free to the SMB Deal Hunter Newsletter: https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz🤝 Work With Me to Help You Buy a Business: https://pro.smbdealhunter.xyz