The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast
By Helen Guo
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Episodes: 126
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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.
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How He Went From Losing His Job to a $425K/yr Business
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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How She Bought a $290K/yr Chimney Business (Ex-Airbnb & Twitter)
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Oct 09, 2026 |
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How He Put $70k Down to Buy a Business Cashflowing $400K/yr
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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From Tech CEO to a $400K/yr Franchise (in 11 Months)
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $1.5M Business in 5 Months at 28
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Why She Bought a $1M/yr Business With Zero Marketing
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Why He Left Tech to Buy a $400K/yr Lawn Care Business
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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How She Runs a $246K/yr Business Without Quitting Her Job
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $1M/yr Business With His Wife
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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From Tech Startups to a $670K/yr Law Firm
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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How He Runs a $1M Business on 3hrs/Week (Only 5% Down)
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Why He Left Real Estate for a $280K/yr Business (He Can Run From Anywhere)
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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How He Runs a $380K/yr Business in Hawaii (Without Quitting His Job)
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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From LinkedIn Employee to Business Owner (No SBA Loan)
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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How He Makes $650K/yr by Renting Out Plants (Full Breakdown)
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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How He Bought an HVAC Company With ONLY 5% Down
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $1.2M/yr Business With ONLY 5% Down (Runs It Remotely)
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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How He Runs a $180K/yr Business Remotely (While Running Another Company)
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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How This Business Model Makes Him $890k/yr
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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From Tech Layoff to a $360K/yr Business (in 10 Months)
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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How He Went From $60K to $80 Million Using 5 Simple Rules
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $650K/yr Business (After 25 Years on Wall Street)
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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This Man Makes $3M/Year With Direct Mail (his $5M/year plan)
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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How She Runs a $450K/yr Business on 20hrs/Week (Without Quitting Her Job)
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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How This College Dropout’s Business Does ~$5M/yr (No Experience Needed)
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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He Left Startups to Buy a $300K/Year Business ($50K Down)
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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How He Turned This Boring Business Into a 24x Return (No Experience)
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $1.5M Business at 28 (No Experience)
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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How His Boring Business Does $4.7M/Year
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $965k Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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How 2 Friends Bought a Business That Prints $780K/yr
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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He Stopped Investing In Real Estate, This Is Why…
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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From $18M AI Founder to a Cleaning Business (Working 15hr/week)
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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How She Went From a Tech Layoff to a $1M+ Business
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Why He Won't Sell The Business He Could Exit For $18M
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May 29, 2026 |
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How She Bought A $3M Pet Food Business Making $500K/yr (For 10% Down)
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May 25, 2026 |
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How He Went From $0 to $1.8M/yr (While Living on His Wife’s Salary)
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May 22, 2026 |
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How He Bought a 51-Year-Old Business for ONLY 7% Down
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May 18, 2026 |
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How He Went From $0 to $1B/yr in ONLY 5 Years
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May 15, 2026 |
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How He Bought a $1.37M Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job
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May 11, 2026 |
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How He Bought a Tree Care Company (and Built an Empire)
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May 08, 2026 |
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He Bought His First Business at $17M and 2x'd It in 5 Years
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May 01, 2026 |
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Why He'd Rather Hold 6 Businesses for 40 Years Than Flip Them
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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He Put $0 Down and Sold It for $35 Million
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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His Business Is Boring, But It Returns 50% a Year
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Why He's Buying "Dead" Bowling Alleys Nobody Wants
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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He Raised $125M on LinkedIn to Buy Boring Businesses (it worked...)
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Why This Startup Founder Bought an Electrical Contracting Business | Fred McGill of Bray Electrical
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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How He Went From English Teacher To 40 Business Acquisitions
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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How He Makes $100k+/mo With 800 ATMs | Mitchell Sorkin
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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He's done 200+ QofEs. Here's what sellers don't want you to know | Mubarak Shah
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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This CPA made all the MAJOR mistakes so you don't have to | Rushi Amin
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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How This Entrepreneur Bought a $1.3M Home Service Biz and Sold it to PE for $5.8M a Few MONTHS Later [Greatest Hits]
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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How This Serial Acquisition Entrepreneur Left His Corporate Career and Bought 10 Businesses
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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[Greatest Hits] Buying an Accounting Firm Without Being a CPA? She Did It.
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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McKinsey Consultant -> Two $1M+ Businesses in 2 years | Savanna Rush
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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He bought two $5M+ companies in 2 years (completely off market and with no investors)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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How to stand out with brokers and win competitive deals with Alejandra Barrera
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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How These 2 Partners Met on Craigslist & Ended Up Buying 15 Companies Together | Joe Van Deman and Colin King
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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This MLB Player Acquired A Street Sweeping Company With $0 Down And Grew It By 5x In 13 Months
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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[Greatest Hits] How This Big Law Partner Rolled Up 3 MarTech SaaS Companies In 20 Months And Sold to PE
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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He's acquired 50+ online businesses making $200k+ / month. (Here's how he does it) | Jacky Chou
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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-$350k → $13M/Yr: From failed acquisition to HVAC rollup | Nathan Lenahan
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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$50k → $5M buying declining healthcare businesses (here's how) | Devin Fitzgerald
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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He broke ALL the rules of acquisition and still succeeded | Walker Yarbrough
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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From Laid Off & Mid-Divorce to a $1.3M / Year Business (with 100% Seller Financing) | Raj Kankaria
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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This Software Engineer Quit Tech & Bought A $3.2M+ Business (Now Buying His 2nd) | Kofi Acheampong
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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He turned $100k to $6M buying landscaping businesses (here's how) | Michael Loftus
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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25 Year Old College Drop-Out Buys a $1.3M Auto Body Shop with $15k | Andres Martínez
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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"I Wanted to Throw Up" - How JD Beck Built A $4.6M HVAC/Plumbing Empire While Everything Went Wrong
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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He Left Corporate to Buy a Pallet Company. Then He Doubled It. | Michael Kelker of GBR Riverdale
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Former Talent Agent Buys 40-Year-Old Trade Publication | Nathan Gregory of Auto Body News
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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From Wall Street to Main Street: Why He Left Private Equity to Roll Up Tree Care Companies
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Ex-Financial Advisor Buys Wedding Venue, Exits to Family Office… Now Onto Acquisition #2
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May 28, 2025 |
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This Investor Is Betting Millions on Entrepreneurs Buying Small Businesses | Grant Hensel Interview
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May 15, 2025 |
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Inside a Family Office’s Strategy: Management Buyouts of Domestic Manufacturers
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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How This Former Gym Franchisee Pivoted Into Online Business Acquisitions
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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He Acquired a Fuel Equipment Maintenance Business. 3 Years Later, Investors Forced Him Out
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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After 10 Years at PwC, He Left Corporate to Buy an Accounting Firm
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How This U.S. Marine Corps Veteran from the Tech Startup World Acquired Two Businesses at Once
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Inside the Mind of a Business Broker — What Buyers Need to Know
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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How This Fireman Acquired 5 Self-Storage Companies Across 11 Locations
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Ex-Amazon Tech Employee Acquires 35-Year-Old Wholesale Hat Company
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ex-Tech Employee Acquires 7 Businesses (Primarily In Construction) And Grows Them 5x
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Ex-Government Employee Acquires Multiple E-Commerce Businesses In A Gray Market
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Ex-Consultant Acquires Outsourced Sales Organization Selling $100K/Day in Dog Training Alone
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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How This Entrepreneur Is Rolling Up Language Services Businesses (Journey from $700K to $20M/Year)
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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How This Entrepreneur Failed At A Turnaround Acquisition And What He Learned Through The Experience
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Acquired A Business That Went Bankrupt, And What He'd Do Differently Next Time
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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How This Former Fintech Executive Acquired A Commercial Plumbing Business And DOUBLED It In 6 Months
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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How This Independent Sponsor Left The Corporate World To Acquire 8 Businesses In 8 Years
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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How This Army Veteran Acquired An $8M Restoration Business Through 100% Seller Financing
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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From Pools to Preschools: How a Former Financial Analyst Built and Acquired Multiple Businesses
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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How This Former VC-Backed Entrepreneur Started A Holding Company With 3 Acquisitions And 2 Startups
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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An SMB M&A Lawyer's Insights from $1B+ in Closed Deals
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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How This Serial Entrepreneur Is Buying Paving Companies In the Southwest
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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How this Entrepreneur Acquired an IT Managed Service Company Through A Traditional Search Fund
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Acquired A Commercial Cleaning Business And Is Doubling It In Year 1
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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How This Real Estate Investor Acquired a Digital Products e-Commerce Business
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Acquired An Artificial Turf Business And Tripled It In 2 Years
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Is Buying and Building a Portfolio of SaaS Businesses
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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How This Stanford MBA Acquired An Accounting Firm And Doubled It In 3 Years
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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How This Serial Entrepreneur Acquired 4 Coffee Shops
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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How This Former Sales Manager Acquired An Industrial Painting Company
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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How This UK-Based Entrepreneur Acquired An Airbnb Rental Business And Outsourcing Business
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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How This Tech Startup Advisor Acquired A Window Washing Business
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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How This Former Software Engineer Acquired A Window Covering Business
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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How to Buy a Business Using Retirement Funds (Without Early Withdrawal Fees)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Transitioned from A Career In Tech Sales to Business Acquisitions
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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How This 22 Year Old Acquired, Grew, and Flipped a Local Pizzeria In 16 Months
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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How This Former US Army Infantry Officer Transitioned Into Acquisition Entrepreneurship
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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How This Real Estate Investor Diversified into Small Business Acquisitions
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Went from Working at a Big 4 Accounting Firm to Acquiring 7 CPA Firms
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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A SBA Lender's Insights from $400 Million Of Closed Deals In 9 Years
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Turned A Power Washing Company Into One Of The Fastest Growing Franchises
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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How This Non-Accountant Acquired 3 CPA Firms
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May 30, 2024 |
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How This Former Fighter Pilot Who Spent 10 Years On Wall Street Acquired 6 Businesses
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May 23, 2024 |
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How This Former Tech Startup Guy Is Buying Up Doggy Daycares
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May 15, 2024 |
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How This Acquisition Entrepreneur Is Rolling Up The Car Wash Industry
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May 09, 2024 |
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How This Former Real Estate Investor Bought 2 Label Manufacturing Businesses
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May 02, 2024 |
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How This Former Investment Banker Acquired a Dairy Testing Lab
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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How This Acquisition Entrepreneur Left a Career in Corporate America to Buy a Print Shop
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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What You Need To Know About Buying a Business with the SBA 7a Loan
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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How This Tech Employee Turned First-Time Acquisition Entrepreneur Bought Two Businesses at Once
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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How This Entrepreneur Acquired, Grew, and Sold the Largest Hood Cleaning Business in Utah in 2 Years
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Mar 12, 2024 |