Podcast Episodes

7 Findings from the New Data on Self-Funded Searches
Lisa Forrest shares key findings from a survey of 49 entrepreneurs who bought a business after a self-funded search.
July 15, 2022
7 Findings from the New Data on Self-Funded Searches
Why Chenmark Bought a Boat Tour Business
Seasonal. Nonrecurring. Key person risk. Trish Higgins recounts how Chenmark got excited about an unlikely acquisition.
July 12, 2022
Why Chenmark Bought a Boat Tour Business
The Weird & Wonderful World of Vending
Ujwal Velagapudi acquired a multimillion dollar vending empire with thousands of machines & 7 figures of cash flow.
July 6, 2022
The Weird & Wonderful World of Vending
Don't Be Tempted: 8 Signs of a Bad Business
A lender and a searcher explain how to quickly identify a business you should NOT buy, saving you months of wasted time.
June 28, 2022
Don't Be Tempted: 8 Signs of a Bad Business
How to Acquire & Grow an FBA Business
Alex Michael bought a wallet brand doing $650k on Amazon. Alex delves into how FBA works & what the growth levers are.
June 21, 2022
How to Acquire & Grow an FBA Business
Good News for Ecommerce Buyers
Multiples for ecom businesses jumped 50% since 2018, but Quiet Light's Joe Valley says that trend is about to reverse.
June 20, 2022
Good News for Ecommerce Buyers
Search Success in a Small City: $500k SDE, 95% Recurring
How James Maxwell & his partner found a 22-year-old janitorial biz & successfully installed a GM in a city of 100,000.
June 14, 2022
Search Success in a Small City: $500k SDE, 95% Recurring
How to Get Good Deals from Brokers
Business broker Clint Fiore explains how to most effectively work with brokers to find good businesses to buy.
June 7, 2022
How to Get Good Deals from Brokers
What Searchers Can Learn from Big PE
Alex Mears draws on years of experience at Carlyle & Blackstone to support and invest in searchers (70 & counting).
June 2, 2022
What Searchers Can Learn from Big PE
Buying a High 7 Figure Business with a Buy-Side Advisor
Jason Andrews paid $250k to a buy-side advisor to help find & acquire his first business — and would 100% do it again.
June 1, 2022
Buying a High 7 Figure Business with a Buy-Side Advisor