Acquiring Minds
Buying a business is an amazing path for many successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to buy a business from the entrepreneurs who have already done it. 2x per week: stories, insights, & valuable advice about acquisition entrepreneurship. Hosted by Will Smith, who is on his own path to acquire a business.Also on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiringMindsSign up for episode summaries at:https://acquiringminds.co
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Episodes (492)
Deciding to Start, Not Buy, a Small Business
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How to Buy a Multinational
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Lessons from 24 Acquisition Nightmares
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From Tech Sales to Forklift Repair
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Building a Beloved Brand from a Tiny, Dying Business
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The Appeal (and Risk) of Buying a Consulting Firm
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Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup
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Buying in a Small Market, Building a Regional Powerhouse
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How to Build a Holdco Foundation: Patiently
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Back from the Brink: When Everybody Quits Day 1
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How to Buy & Transform a 120-Year-Old Manufacturer
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Behind Every Great Searcher: A Wife's Journey with Search
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Networking His Way to $800k SDE
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Buy, Grow, Exit for a 24x Return in 3.5 Years
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How to Lead a Trades Business Without Knowing the Trade
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How to Move the Needle in a $600k SDE Trades Business
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Awakening to Entrepreneurship to Buy a Not-Boring Business
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How a Couple Left Tech to Buy a Business Together
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How to Survive Buying into a Terrible Industry
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The $50m Lifestyle Holdco
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How to 4x a Contracting Business in 3 Years
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How to Buy a $13m Business with No PG, No Investors
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Bullseye: Buying a $1m SDE Business in a Hot Industry
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Taking a Flower Shop from $600k to $9 Million
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The Path to Becoming a Better Operator & Strategist
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First-Timer Buys 8-Figure Business 4 Hours Away
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How to Buy Franchise Businesses, Then Sell to PE
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From Frustrated Searcher to $3.5m Owner to Holdco Builder
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Perils in Partnership: Plumbing Acquisition Gone Wrong
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Adjusting to Life in a Nocturnal Business (with $525k SDE)
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How (and Why) to Buy an Electrical Business
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First Acquisition in March, $200m by Year End
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Buying in a Huge but Overlooked Market
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The Thrill & Validation of Becoming an Owner
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Micro-Acquiring to $300k SDE on 5 Hours Per Week
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High Margin & Big Upside in Lice Treatment
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How 2 Entrepreneurs are Rolling Up a New Market
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How to Become an Independent Sponsor
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The 2 Professors Who Helped Start the ETA Movement
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Buying a Job to Build a Business
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$6m Business, 3 Minutes From Childhood Home
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Buying a Business to Build a Life
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Buying & Building a $60m Manufacturer
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2 Years to Buy, Double & Exit a Medical Billing Firm
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Small SDE, Big Upside: Buying a Business with 5 Employees
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Leaving Amazon to Buy a $3m Apparel Brand
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Business Collapse After Going All-In
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Margins in Mulch: Buying a $1m Erosion Control Business
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The Model for a 3-Way, Long-Term Holdco
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Why Sell to Private Equity: Former Guest Has an Exit
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