Podcast Episodes

This is the rebroadcast of a panel that Acquiring Minds recently moderated at the annual ETA Summit at MIT.

Having witnessed the power of clean books, Patrick Dichter was driven to buy a $1.2m bookkeeping & accounting business.

George Vallone unpacks how he used cold outreach to find an off-market cleaning biz doing $1m and buy it for 2x EBITDA.

Before embarking on his search, Alex Glasner interviewed 50 searchers & uncovered 2 key attitudes necessary for success.

Looking to buy a part-time online biz as he neared retirement, Dave Bramlett found it in a resume service doing $1.5m.

Brandon Adams bought a $850k EBITDA ice delivery company only to discover he'd be doing deliveries himself for 6 months.

Damon Chlarson had 3 key criteria, and he found them in an insulation supplier doing $380k EBITDA and selling for $1.1m.

Frustrated after losing 3 jobs, Bruce Vann used savings to acquire a 25-employee, 7-figure curtain manufacturer for 2x.

After seeing 9-figure businesses built through acquisition, Adrian Pinto bought a landscaping biz to build one himself.

The 3 founders of Chenmark left promising corporate careers to pursue a multi-decade path of acquiring small businesses.