Podcast Episodes

Heather Shattuck-Heidorn was a tenure-tracked professor, but wanted out. Buying a business offered freedom & security.

Having only ever managed a few people when he bought his business, Alex Glasner shares how the trial by fire is going.

Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well.

9 months after Jesse Safir bought a printing biz, Covid cratered it. 3 years later, sales are nearing pre-Covid levels.

2 searchers, Kaustubh Deo & Kevin Bibelhausen, share how they found investors to provide money to buy their businesses.

It CAN be done: Matthew Saskin recently acquired a big towing business, hiring an operator to run it from day 1.

Caroline Chapdelaine seized opportunity when a biomed company needed to sell a $2m unit that made special defense tech.

Despite dire warnings against it, Reg Zeller bought a foundry. He's since bought 6 more & sees a clear path to $100m/yr.

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.

Michael Horowitz was looking to buy an independent business when a different path opened up. Today he owns 20 Wingstops.