Podcast Episodes

The first business Joe Soelberg bought did $400k SDE. The experience and cash flow enabled a second, larger acquisition.

Former pro bowler Mike Fagan bought a $2m bowling center with a plan to roll up and rejuvenate these legacy businesses.

Respected consumer brands are not common in lower middle market acquisitions, but Philip Hussey and Chenmark bought one.

Robert Gayden worked for over a year to buy a home care business. Revenue kept growing but the price remained the same.

Scott Duncan endured brutal ups & downs — and personal depression — during his ownership of a doomed tool & die business

Andy Rougeot launched remote territories of the blue collar business he bought, which led to $1.7m of EBITDA and an exit

Steve Carroll started as an SBA searcher before pivoting to a PE-backed roll-up. It's gone better than he ever expected.

Jake Bittner bought an unprofitable carve-out doing $3m. A key pivot grew revenue to $20m and got the attention of PE.

Dave Gilbert spent 2 years fixing the model and customer concentration of the $750k SDE business he bought with SBA debt

Taylor Mattingly found high-quality revenue in an unusual and sizable B2C business that he happened to be a customer of.