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No SBA, No Investors: The Liquidity Access Line | Brian Jungles InterviewBrian Jungles, a former Adobe account director, bought City Publications Atlanta, a direct-mail advertising business serving home services…
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Acquiring a $7m Niche Marketing Agency with 50 Employees | Rob Belk InterviewRob Belk acquired Sales Factory, a $7M-revenue retail marketing agency with 50 employees based in Greensboro, NC, structuring a non-SBA…
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Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business | Chris Farkas InterviewChris Farkas bought EmergencyKits.com, a niche ecommerce business selling emergency preparedness kits with ~$700K SDE and 9 employees,…
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Never Worked Harder, Never Been Happier | Gina Rosen InterviewGina Rosen, a 25-year corporate veteran, bought Seasons Jewelry, a small jewelry wholesaling business, in July 2023 using a HELOC instead…
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Career Consultant Who Bought a 7-Figure Manufacturer | Paul Callahan InterviewPaul Callahan, a mid-40s consultant, bought Metro Metal Works, an Atlanta precision metal fabricator doing about $1M in earnings, closing…
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Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1 | Caleb Standafer InterviewCaleb Standafer bought Springfield Tool & Die, a metal manufacturing business doing $5m in revenue, after a four-year part-time search. In…
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How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales | Ned Tomasevic InterviewNed Tomasevic bought an asset rental business through a traditional search fund and discovered after closing that earnings were closer to…
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Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business | Dominick Smith InterviewDominick Smith left a high-six-figure private equity role to buy Printmoz, a declining large-format printing business in Southern…
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From Software to Concrete Cutting (and $1.4m of SDE) | Tom McCormick InterviewTom McCormick left a software leadership career and acquired Quality Cutting and Coring, a concrete cutting and coring business with $1.4m…
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Good Bones: Saving a $3m Business in Decline | Himmat Singh InterviewHimmat Singh bought EPI-Colorspace, a large-format printing business, after prior operating experience that included growing EBITDA from…
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How to Buy a $20m Business as a First-Timer | Alan Turkus InterviewAlan Turkus bought Interim Healthcare of the Twin Cities, a $20m home healthcare and hospice franchise with 150 employees, after rethinking…
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How to De-Risk the Personal Guarantee | Brendan Burdette and Ryan Conner InterviewBrendan Burdette and Ryan Conner describe BRIC, a startup offering personal guarantee insurance for SBA business buyers. The product aims…
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The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting) | Greg Shapiro & Zach Cooper-Vastola InterviewGreg Shapiro and Zach Cooper-Vastola explain how Hickory grew into an HVAC compounder with about $80m to $125m in revenue, hundreds of…
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Started as SBA Searcher, Built to a PE Fund | Joe Wechsler InterviewJoe Wechsler started by buying a struggling home care agency with under $300k of SDE, then acquired a metal fabrication company and a…
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Buying $1.5m of Earnings Without an SBA Loan | Justus Luttig InterviewJustus Luttig bought Copeland Home Services, combining two Texas trades businesses with about $1.5m of pro forma earnings, without using an…
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The Magic of Low Multiple + Growth | David Graf InterviewDavid Graf bought Danhard, an HVAC business for specialty vehicles, for $2m against $750k of adjusted EBITDA, a 2.7x multiple. He used reps…
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Rolling Up an Industry with 1.5x Multiples | Truc Nguyen InterviewTruc Nguyen explains the economics of acquiring and rolling up nail salons, which can sell for low multiples around 1x to 1.5x. The episode…
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The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco | Matt Moldenhauer and Gant Elmore InterviewMatt Moldenhauer and Gant Elmore describe The Elmore Companies, a nine-business permanent-hold portfolio generating about $200m annually.…
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Too Good to Be True: Year 1 in a $700k SDE Business | Zack Mutnik InterviewZack Mutnik bought Jeff Masters Electric, an electrical contracting business in southwest Florida with claimed $700k SDE, after finding it…
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How to Structure Around Risk in a $250k SDE Acquisition | Alicia Powers InterviewAlicia Powers bought Price Builders, a residential construction company, after prior construction experience and after hiring the company…
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Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE) | Brendan Duebner InterviewBrendan Duebner bought IT Total Care, a small managed IT services business with $300k of SDE and 4 employees. The episode covers buying…