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Acquiring Minds

Will Smith

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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  1. She Wanted to Run a Factory, So She Bought One 1:13:46
  2. Growing a GC from $1m to $14m, Remotely 1:24:38
  3. When the Business Is Just You: A $650k Garage Biz 1:23:56
  4. Run It for 6 Months Before You Buy It 1:15:32
  5. Zero to One, Then 1 to 4 by Acquisition 1:14:31
  6. Buying a 138-Year-Old Navy Bell Maker 1:25:17
  7. Take Over the Business Before You Buy It 1:20:15
  8. Buying a 1-Product Business, Building It to a Big Exit 2:07:08
  9. Side Hustle Acquisition to $5m in Revenue 1:21:50
  10. The Roll-Up with No Investors & No Clock 1:42:28
  11. $33m Holdco: Teddy Bears to Insurance Claims 1:02:26
  12. The $150k Hiding in the Business He Bought 1:30:02
  13. How to Buy a $2.1m Business Without the SBA 1:28:26
  14. Buying a $7.3m Golf Course with No Money Down 1:30:04
  15. Buying a $12.5m Contractor to Create 1,000 Jobs 1:30:52
  16. Losing a $1m SDE Business to Bankruptcy 1:11:46
  17. $340k to $1.3m of Earnings in 14 Months 1:31:56
  18. Buy a Business with Your Tax Bill 1:07:22
  19. First-Timer Buys a $15m Business in Distress 1:23:01
  20. An Engineer's Mini Berkshire: 2 Auto Shops in 1 Year 1:45:04
  21. Right-Tail Outcome for a Husband & Wife Search Fund 1:43:18
  22. The Ferrari of Signage: $9.5m Pipeline in 6 Months 1:58:05
  23. 40 Schools to 130: The Roll-Up 2 Years Later 1:18:12
  24. From $700k Purgatory to $3m: A Mosquito Joe Update 1:01:52
  25. 3 Years, $80k In: An Honest Update 59:18
  26. $400k Profit Fixing Church Pews 1:09:24
  27. Surviving a 2-Month Revenue Freeze in Year 1 1:09:04
  28. Second-Time CEO Buys a $30m Title Company 1:22:56
  29. Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door 1:36:29
  30. How 1 SBA Loan Brought Down 2 Businesses 1:34:37
  31. 60% Concentration That Killed an Exit 1:49:51
  32. Product-Market Fit in the Trades: 4x in 2.5 Years 1:38:02
  33. No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line 1:16:04
  34. Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees 1:22:21
  35. Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business 1:30:12
  36. Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier 1:27:51
  37. Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer 1:26:41
  38. (replay) Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years 1:23:54
  39. Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1 1:36:15
  40. How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales 1:23:50
  41. Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business 1:25:43
  42. From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE) 1:38:10
  43. Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline 1:49:05
  44. How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer 1:31:05
  45. How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee 1:11:07
  46. The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting) 1:25:23
  47. Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund 1:46:10
  48. Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan 1:23:05
  49. The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth 1:33:33
  50. Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples 1:55:48