Acquiring Minds
Buying a business is an amazing path for many successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to buy a business from the entrepreneurs who have already done it. 2x per week: stories, insights, & valuable advice about acquisition entrepreneurship. Hosted by Will Smith, who is on his own path to acquire a business.Also on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiringMindsSign up for episode summaries at:https://acquiringminds.co
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Episodes (494)
Buy a Business with Your Tax Bill
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First-Timer Buys a $15m Business in Distress
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An Engineer's Mini Berkshire: 2 Auto Shops in 1 Year
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Right-Tail Outcome for a Husband & Wife Search Fund
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The Ferrari of Signage: $9.5m Pipeline in 6 Months
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40 Schools to 130: The Roll-Up 2 Years Later
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From $700k Purgatory to $3m: A Mosquito Joe Update
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3 Years, $80k In: An Honest Update
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$400k Profit Fixing Church Pews
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Surviving a 2-Month Revenue Freeze in Year 1
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Second-Time CEO Buys a $30m Title Company
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Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door
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How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses
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60% Concentration That Killed an Exit
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Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years
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No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line
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Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees
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Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business
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Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier
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Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer
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(replay) Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years
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Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1
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How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales
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Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business
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From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE)
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Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline
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How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer
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How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee
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The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting)
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Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund
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Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan
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The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth
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Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples
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The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco
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Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business
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How to Structure Around Risk in a $250k SDE Acquisition
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Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE)
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A $800k Business to Start, $60m Portfolio Today
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Buying Then Losing a $2.1m HVAC Business
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From $1m to $25m in 6 Years
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The Searchers Building a $10m EBITDA Powerhouse
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Buying a $40m Business as a 49-Year-Old First-Timer
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How Business-Buyer Fit Led to 2.2x and No PG
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Buying a Business to Balance Ambition and Kids
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A Search Fund Journey to $350m
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"Life is Just Brighter" in a $1.2m Distribution Business
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From Small Acquisition to $30m Industry Leader
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How to Acquire 25 Franchise Units in 2.5 Years
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Turning $25k into a $3.2m Exit in Under 4 Years
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40% Growth in Year 1 of a Paving Business
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