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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Not Just a Young Man's Game: Acquiring at 60
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Opening Up to Franchises to Buy a Great Business
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The Appeal of Lead Gen Businesses (Especially Old Ones)
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Building an HVAC Holdco to £60m in Revenue
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Rolling Up Real Estate Appraisal Firms
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Growing an Ecommerce Acquisition 13x in 4 Months
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Flower Power: Buying a Rose Distributor Primed for Growth
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A Brutal Search Rewarded with Success After 3+ Years
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Buy a SaaS Business in 2022: How to Compete in a Hot Market
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Leaving Apple to Buy a Real Estate Business with 150+ Agents
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7 Findings from the New Data on Self-Funded Searches
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Why Chenmark Bought a Boat Tour Business
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The Weird & Wonderful World of Vending
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Don't Be Tempted: 8 Signs of a Bad Business
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How to Acquire & Grow an FBA Business
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Good News for Ecommerce Buyers
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Search Success in a Small City: $500k SDE, 95% Recurring
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How to Get Good Deals from Brokers
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What Searchers Can Learn from Big PE
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How to Buy a Big Business with a Buy-Side Advisor
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7 Common Mistakes Across 250 Searchers
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Acquiring a Business in Florida, Living in California
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Why Buy a Small Manufacturing Business
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Buying Digital Businesses in 2022
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Lessons from a Founder Who Then Started Acquiring
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Self-Funded Search vs. Traditional Search Funds
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8 Figure Exit, 2 Years After Buying the Business
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2 Common Risks in Search & How to Mitigate Them
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How to Buy a $4m HVAC Business (at Age 24)
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What to Love About HVAC Acquisitions
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How & When to Make Changes at Your Acquisition
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Shut Out by Industry Brokers, an Entrepreneur Finds a Way
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How to Buy a Business Using Tactics from B2B Tech Sales
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Transatlantic Search for a $1m+ EBITDA Business
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Buying a 20-Year-Old Online Business
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6 Months in the Truck: Buying an Ice Delivery Biz
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Nailing the Trifecta: B2B + Remote + Scalable
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Overcoming a Career Rut by Buying a Business
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Building a Blue Collar Empire
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7 Years Later: Leaving Wall Street to Buy Small Businesses
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How to Build a Holdco (4 Acquisitions So Far)
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Buying a Business & Having a Blast
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Buying a Manufacturer with 1 Good Employee & 2000 SKUs
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The Key to a Profitable Liquor Store
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It's All Your Fault: How to Become CEO of Your Acquisition
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A Cautionary Tale of Buying Too Small
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Choosing Laundromats over Real Estate
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5 Takeaways from Harvard's ETA Conference
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Lessons from 14 Years in Search
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What to Acquire: 3 Hot Sectors for Business Buyers
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