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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Buy & Build a Trash Business to a $4.4m Exit
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Roofing + Florida = Path to $100m
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Rather Than Retire, Buy a Business
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$700k EBITDA with No SBA, No Money Down
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The Birth of a Roll-Up
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How to Identify & Buy a Great Residential Contractor
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Reward for a Brutal Transition: 3 Hours/Week with 2x EBITDA
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Buying Small, Growing Big: From $1m to $26m
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Unlocking Growth in a Business, Average Age 55
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Bought Tiny, Grew to $4m
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When You Buy a Glorified Job, Not a Business
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The Front Lines of a Crisis
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How a First-Timer Did a Turnaround (Including an Exit)
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Saying No to Home Services, Yes to B2B Media
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8 Figs or Bust: Transitioning a Big Plumbing Business
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Fire, Covid, Exit: 5 Years in a $12m Events Business
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Taking a Blue Collar Biz from $900k to $2.4m in Earnings
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First-Timer Turns $20k into $900k in 19 Months
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The Model Works: Reflections of a Plumbing Business Buyer
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Buying a $4m Business (with 80% Recurring Revenue)
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Taking the Plunge into Extreme Ownership
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Finding a Good Business After 2+ Years of Searching
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Buying a Business to 20x a Real Estate Empire
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4 Acquisitions In, Holdco Builder's Goal is £150m
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14 Months from Searcher to $5.5m EBITDA
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Shutting Down After a 4-Year Struggle
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Buying a Big $7m Trade School
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Moving to a Small Town to Buy an SMB
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The Appeal of Buying a Food Product Business
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Building an HVAC Holdco to £60m in Revenue
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Opening Up to Franchises to Buy a Great Business
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Building a $350m Holdco of Farms
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Factory Life: Buying a Manufacturer with $1m SDE
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Scaling Sweaty Services with a Brokerage Model
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2.5 Years from Buying to Exiting
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Hard but Fun: Transitioning a 77-Year-Old Business
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The Power of Conviction in Buying a Business
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3 Perspectives: A Panel on Buying Small Businesses
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Escaping Golden Handcuffs by Buying a Business
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7 Takeaways from 200 Episodes
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Cash Flows Over Exits: Buying for the Long Term
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Skip the SBA: Buying a $4m Biz with a Conventional Loan
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Doing It His Way: First-Timer Buys 2 at Once
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The Upside & Downside of Search, from a 20-Year Veteran
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Passion, Meet EBITDA: The Joy of Buying an Art Gallery
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Growing EBITDA from $750k to $2m: Time to Sell?
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How to Buy a SaaS Business with an SBA Loan
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Boom, Bust, Boom: Buying a Whiplash Business
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Partnering with an Operator to Buy a Business
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How to Survive Going from Hedge Funds to SMB Owner
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