Podcast Episodes

One Acquiring Minds Guest Buys Another
2 previous guests, Mike Botkin & Adrian Pinto, are joining forces to grow a landscaping empire throughout the Southeast.
June 8, 2023
One Acquiring Minds Guest Buys Another
Raising $800k to Buy an $8m Business as a First-Timer
With no finance background, Kevin Bibelhausen learned to raise money from investors & buy a 20-year-old fabric business.
June 5, 2023
Raising $800k to Buy an $8m Business as a First-Timer
It Worked: Buying an Ecom Business to Gain Freedom
Alex Michael was seeking to acquire not just a business, but freedom. One year later, he reports back on how it's going.
June 1, 2023
It Worked: Buying an Ecom Business to Gain Freedom
Buy Big: How to Acquire a $3m EBITDA Roofing Business
How Austin Smoak raised money from investors to buy a very profitable roofing business that he found on BizBuySell.
May 30, 2023
Buy Big: How to Acquire a $3m EBITDA Roofing Business
Home Care Business: How to Buy & 2x an Agency
Jérôme Bouillon bought a home care agency doing $500k/yr in 2018. Today it exceeds $1m and he's added a second location.
May 25, 2023
Home Care Business: How to Buy & 2x an Agency
Overworked & Underpaid: Buying a Business to Escape
Heather Shattuck-Heidorn was a tenure-tracked professor, but wanted out. Buying a business offered freedom & security.
May 22, 2023
Overworked & Underpaid: Buying a Business to Escape
Learning to Lead: From Searcher to Boss of 140
Having only ever managed a few people when he bought his business, Alex Glasner shares how the trial by fire is going.
May 18, 2023
Learning to Lead: From Searcher to Boss of 140
Uber Driver to 7-Figure Exit in 3 Years
Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well.
May 15, 2023
Uber Driver to 7-Figure Exit in 3 Years
Surviving the Nightmare: Sales Plunge 95%
9 months after Jesse Safir bought a printing biz, Covid cratered it. 3 years later, sales are nearing pre-Covid levels.
May 11, 2023
Surviving the Nightmare: Sales Plunge 95%
How to Raise Money from Investors to Buy a Business
2 searchers, Kaustubh Deo & Kevin Bibelhausen, share how they found investors to provide money to buy their businesses.
May 8, 2023
How to Raise Money from Investors to Buy a Business