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Surviving a 2-Month Revenue Freeze in Year 1 artwork

Surviving a 2-Month Revenue Freeze in Year 1

Acquiring Minds

1:09:04Aug 10, 2026
Second-Time CEO Buys a $30m Title Company artwork

Second-Time CEO Buys a $30m Title Company

Acquiring Minds

1:22:56Aug 6, 2026
Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door artwork

Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door

Acquiring Minds

1:36:29Aug 3, 2026
How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses artwork

How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses

Acquiring Minds

1:34:37Jul 30, 2026
60% Concentration That Killed an Exit artwork

60% Concentration That Killed an Exit

Acquiring Minds

1:49:51Jul 27, 2026
Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years artwork

Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:38:02Jul 23, 2026
No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line artwork

No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line

Acquiring Minds

1:16:04Jul 20, 2026
Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees artwork

Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees

Acquiring Minds

1:22:21Jul 16, 2026
Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business artwork

Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business

Acquiring Minds

1:30:12Jul 13, 2026
Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier artwork

Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier

Acquiring Minds

1:27:51Jul 9, 2026
Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer artwork

Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer

Acquiring Minds

1:26:41Jul 6, 2026
(replay)Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years artwork

(replay)Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:23:54Jul 2, 2026
Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1 artwork

Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1

Acquiring Minds

1:36:15Jun 29, 2026
How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales artwork

How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales

Acquiring Minds

1:23:50Jun 25, 2026
Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business artwork

Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business

Acquiring Minds

1:25:43Jun 22, 2026
From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE) artwork

From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE)

Acquiring Minds

1:38:10Jun 18, 2026
Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline artwork

Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline

Acquiring Minds

1:49:05Jun 15, 2026
How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer artwork

How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer

Acquiring Minds

1:31:05Jun 11, 2026
How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee artwork

How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee

Acquiring Minds

1:11:07Jun 8, 2026
The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting) artwork

The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting)

Acquiring Minds

1:25:23Jun 4, 2026
Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund artwork

Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund

Acquiring Minds

1:46:10Jun 1, 2026
Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan artwork

Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan

Acquiring Minds

1:23:05May 28, 2026
The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth artwork

The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth

Acquiring Minds

1:33:33May 25, 2026
Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples artwork

Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples

Acquiring Minds

1:55:48May 21, 2026
The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco artwork

The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco

Acquiring Minds

1:49:57May 18, 2026
Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business artwork

Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business

Acquiring Minds

1:24:52May 14, 2026
How to Structure Around Risk in a $250k SDE Acquisition artwork

How to Structure Around Risk in a $250k SDE Acquisition

Acquiring Minds

1:17:16May 11, 2026
Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE) artwork

Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE)

Acquiring Minds

1:23:53May 7, 2026
A $800k Business to Start, $60m Portfolio Today artwork

A $800k Business to Start, $60m Portfolio Today

Acquiring Minds

1:05:55May 4, 2026
Buying Then Losing a $2.1m HVAC Business artwork

Buying Then Losing a $2.1m HVAC Business

Acquiring Minds

1:53:21Apr 30, 2026
From $1m to $25m in 6 Years artwork

From $1m to $25m in 6 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:56:07Apr 27, 2026
The Searchers Building a $10m EBITDA Powerhouse artwork

The Searchers Building a $10m EBITDA Powerhouse

Acquiring Minds

1:08:11Apr 23, 2026
Buying a $40m Business as a 49-Year-Old First-Timer artwork

Buying a $40m Business as a 49-Year-Old First-Timer

Acquiring Minds

1:31:40Apr 20, 2026
How Business-Buyer Fit Led to 2.2x and No PG artwork

How Business-Buyer Fit Led to 2.2x and No PG

Acquiring Minds

1:33:57Apr 16, 2026
Buying a Business to Balance Ambition and Kids artwork

Buying a Business to Balance Ambition and Kids

Acquiring Minds

1:45:47Apr 13, 2026
A Search Fund Journey to $350m artwork

A Search Fund Journey to $350m

Acquiring Minds

1:29:38Apr 9, 2026
"Life is Just Brighter" in a $1.2m Distribution Business artwork

"Life is Just Brighter" in a $1.2m Distribution Business

Acquiring Minds

1:53:08Apr 6, 2026
From Small Acquisition to $30m Industry Leader artwork

From Small Acquisition to $30m Industry Leader

Acquiring Minds

1:41:12Apr 2, 2026
How to Acquire 25 Franchise Units in 2.5 Years artwork

How to Acquire 25 Franchise Units in 2.5 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:54:17Mar 30, 2026
Turning $25k into a $3.2m Exit in Under 4 Years artwork

Turning $25k into a $3.2m Exit in Under 4 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:26:56Mar 26, 2026
40% Growth in Year 1 of a Paving Business artwork

40% Growth in Year 1 of a Paving Business

Acquiring Minds

1:33:22Mar 23, 2026
Leaving Wall Street to Buy a $1m Manufacturing Business artwork

Leaving Wall Street to Buy a $1m Manufacturing Business

Acquiring Minds

1:30:40Mar 19, 2026
A $6.5m Business Worth Flying To artwork

A $6.5m Business Worth Flying To

Acquiring Minds

1:06:00Mar 16, 2026
Bricklayer to Blue-Collar Empire artwork

Bricklayer to Blue-Collar Empire

Acquiring Minds

1:34:36Mar 12, 2026
No SBA Loan and $75k Out of Pocket artwork

No SBA Loan and $75k Out of Pocket

Acquiring Minds

1:24:41Mar 9, 2026
Growing Profits 30% in the First 1.5 Years artwork

Growing Profits 30% in the First 1.5 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:31:07Mar 5, 2026
Second Time's the Charm as Owner of a $4m Business artwork

Second Time's the Charm as Owner of a $4m Business

Acquiring Minds

1:21:22Mar 2, 2026
Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide artwork

Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide

Acquiring Minds

1:30:01Feb 26, 2026
Year 1 in a $300k SDE Services Business artwork

Year 1 in a $300k SDE Services Business

Acquiring Minds

1:30:19Feb 23, 2026
How to 4x a Small Manufacturer artwork

How to 4x a Small Manufacturer

Acquiring Minds

1:14:12Feb 19, 2026