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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A Reward for Widening Search to $300k SDE
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When Buying Small Goes Right (3x Growth)
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Buying a $3m Candle Manufacturer That Had No Books
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Buying $1m+ Ice Cream Shops to Expand Nationally
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Buy and 3x a Project-Based Business in Just 2 Years
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How to Buy the Business Where You Work
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The $295m Search Fund Exit
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Hiring a General Manager & Buying Business #2
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Leaving a Big Salary in DC for Small Business in Wyoming
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Seller's View of a Searcher Buying His Business
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Buying a 45-Year-Old Industry Pioneer
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Buy a Franchise Portfolio: How to Choose a Brand
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Rocky Transition: How to Survive, Then Thrive
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First-Time Buyer Recipe for Success: Action & Small Steps
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Unlocking Growth in a 40-Year-Old Business
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From Startup Founder to Buying a Small Business
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Buying a Small Business to Build for Decades
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Holdco Entrepreneurs: A Peek Behind the Curtain
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A Non-Financial Reason to Buy a Business
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Postmortem of a Broken Deal
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The Joys & Pain of Owning a $10m City Bus Business
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How (and Why) to Buy a B2B Services Business
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16 Months to Exit: Cleaning Up in Street Sweeping
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Why Buy a Digital Service Business
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Building an ATM Empire
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The Life-Changing Potential of Buying a Business
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How One Tiny Acquisition Grew Into a Holdco
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5x in 5 Years: Buying Small to Grow Quickly
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Snowball Effect: Getting to $45m in 3 Years
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Don't Overlook HR Diligence: 3 Items to Check
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How to Shorten Your Search: Big 3, Little 2
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The Secret to $25m Success
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What Buying Small Is Like When Crises Happen
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Self-Funded Search vs. Independent Sponsorship
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The Bumpy Reality of Buying an Ecommerce Business
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Owner vs CEO: 2 Approaches to Buying a Business
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One Acquiring Minds Guest Buys Another
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Raising $800k to Buy an $8m Business as a First-Timer
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It Worked: Buying an Ecom Business to Gain Freedom
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Buy Big: How to Acquire a $3m EBITDA Roofing Business
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Home Care Business: How to Buy & 2x an Agency
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Overworked & Underpaid: Buying a Business to Escape
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Learning to Lead: From Searcher to Boss of 140
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Uber Driver to 7-Figure Exit in 3 Years
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Surviving the Nightmare: Sales Plunge 95%
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How to Raise Money from Investors to Buy a Business
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How to Buy a $5m Business & Hire an Operator to Run It
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The Opportunity in Carve-Outs (and Uncle Sam)
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Fetal Position to Foundry Holdco ($30m & Counting)
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How to 2x Sales in a Service Business You Buy
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