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Acquiring Minds

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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

1:46:09Jun 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
Exiting for Millions vs. Long-Term Hold artwork

Exiting for Millions vs. Long-Term Hold

Acquiring Minds

1:22:15Feb 16, 2026
How to Own 20% of Multiple SMBs artwork

How to Own 20% of Multiple SMBs

Acquiring Minds

1:55:19Feb 12, 2026
$20m Net Worth After 25 Years Buying Businesses artwork

$20m Net Worth After 25 Years Buying Businesses

Acquiring Minds

1:36:52Feb 9, 2026
SBA Deal Structuring to Manage Risk in a Cyclical Industry artwork

SBA Deal Structuring to Manage Risk in a Cyclical Industry

Acquiring Minds

1:44:18Feb 5, 2026
$250k SDE Acquisition: Limited Downside, Big Upside artwork

$250k SDE Acquisition: Limited Downside, Big Upside

Acquiring Minds

1:13:50Feb 2, 2026
The Late 40s Pivot Into Business Buying artwork

The Late 40s Pivot Into Business Buying

Acquiring Minds

1:36:18Jan 29, 2026
The First Steps to a Family Holdco artwork

The First Steps to a Family Holdco

Acquiring Minds

1:34:55Jan 26, 2026
Buying a Platform with an SBA Loan artwork

Buying a Platform with an SBA Loan

Acquiring Minds

1:41:58Jan 22, 2026
The Contrarian Bet on a Digital Agency artwork

The Contrarian Bet on a Digital Agency

Acquiring Minds

1:44:30Jan 19, 2026
Comfortable Concentration for a $800k SDE Business artwork

Comfortable Concentration for a $800k SDE Business

Acquiring Minds

1:23:42Jan 15, 2026
Buying for Brand (Then Growing 4x) artwork

Buying for Brand (Then Growing 4x)

Acquiring Minds

1:25:20Jan 12, 2026
8-Figure Exit After 5 Years artwork

8-Figure Exit After 5 Years

Acquiring Minds

1:20:29Jan 8, 2026
Complexity Hides Fragility: Losing a $20m Business artwork

Complexity Hides Fragility: Losing a $20m Business

Acquiring Minds

1:33:35Jan 5, 2026
Buying Small to Then Buy Larger ($1m SDE) artwork

Buying Small to Then Buy Larger ($1m SDE)

Acquiring Minds

1:43:10Dec 31, 2025
Passion & Profit in an American Pastime artwork

Passion & Profit in an American Pastime

Acquiring Minds

1:50:53Dec 29, 2025
When You Buy a Glorified Job, Not a Business artwork

When You Buy a Glorified Job, Not a Business

Acquiring Minds

1:45:16Dec 24, 2025