Podcast Episodes

How to Buy a $5m Business & Hire an Operator to Run It
It CAN be done: Matthew Saskin recently acquired a big towing business, hiring an operator to run it from day 1.
May 1, 2023
How to Buy a $5m Business & Hire an Operator to Run It
The Opportunity in Carve-Outs (and Uncle Sam)
Caroline Chapdelaine seized opportunity when a biomed company needed to sell a $2m unit that made special defense tech.
April 27, 2023
The Opportunity in Carve-Outs (and Uncle Sam)
Fetal Position to Foundry Holdco ($30m & Counting)
Despite dire warnings against it, Reg Zeller bought a foundry. He's since bought 6 more & sees a clear path to $100m/yr.
April 24, 2023
Fetal Position to Foundry Holdco ($30m & Counting)
How to 2x Sales in a Service Business You Buy
Adrian Pinto returns to reflect on his 1.5 years as owner of a landscaping business that he's grown from $3m to $6m/yr.
April 20, 2023
How to 2x Sales in a Service Business You Buy
How to Build a Portfolio of 20 Franchise Locations
Michael Horowitz was looking to buy an independent business when a different path opened up. Today he owns 20 Wingstops.
April 17, 2023
How to Build a Portfolio of 20 Franchise Locations
Life as an Operator: Leaving PE to Buy a $2m Tree Business
Kaustubh Deo reflects on his first year as the owner of a tree business versus his former life in NYC private equity.
April 13, 2023
Life as an Operator: Leaving PE to Buy a $2m Tree Business
From Determined Searcher to $75m Accidental Holdco
Adam Duggins had 650 meetings to find his first business in 2013, not expecting he'd buy 3 more over the next 10 years.
April 10, 2023
From Determined Searcher to $75m Accidental Holdco
Feast or Famine: How to Grow a Niche Manufacturing Biz
Bruce Vann returns to update us on his manufacturing business, and a thesis around the roll-up of window blinds stores.
April 6, 2023
Feast or Famine: How to Grow a Niche Manufacturing Biz
Navigating Failure: Buying a $5m+ Business that Collapses
John Ikalowych shares his traumatic journey of going all-in to buy a hail-repair business, then having to shut it down.
April 3, 2023
Navigating Failure: Buying a $5m+ Business that Collapses
Single Mom, 2 Kids, and a $4m Business
Morli Desai left corporate to scratch her entrepreneurial itch, using an SBA loan to buy an ecommerce biz with $1m SDE.
March 30, 2023
Single Mom, 2 Kids, and a $4m Business