Podcast Episodes

Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door
Gabriel Cruz Avila bought a $1.4M remodeling business, weathered a divorce and burnout, then sold it two years later.
August 3, 2026
Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door
How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses
Edgar Galindo and his partner bought 2 businesses with SBA loans. Now he's facing the consequences of shuttering both.
July 30, 2026
How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses
60% Concentration That Killed an Exit
Raj Mahajan bought a salon software business, tripled it to $11M ARR. Then his biggest customer launched a competitor.
July 27, 2026
60% Concentration That Killed an Exit
Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years
Patrick Beal left tech to buy an HVAC business with 90% seller financing, no SBA. He's on track to hit $3.5m this year.
July 23, 2026
Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years
No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line
Brian Jungles bought a $400k direct mail business in Atlanta and skipped SBA by pledging his portfolio as collateral.
July 20, 2026
No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line
Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees
Rob Belk networked his way to "the most caffeinated guy in town" searching for a local business — then found it online.
July 16, 2026
Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees
Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business
Chris Farkas endured a 7-week fetal position moment when he finally found a website bug that had cost him $500k in sales
July 13, 2026
Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business
Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier
After 25 years in corporate, Gina Rosen bought a jewelry wholesaling business with $635k in sales — now on track to $1m.
July 9, 2026
Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier
Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer
Buying a metal fabricator with $1m in earnings pivoted Paul Callahan into the new entrepreneurial chapter of his career.
July 6, 2026
Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer
Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1
Caleb Standafer believed in manufacturing and wanted to spend his career there. A multi-year pivot and ETA got him in.
June 29, 2026
Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1