Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE) | Brendan Duebner Interview

Synopsis

Brendan Duebner bought IT Total Care, a small managed IT services business with $300k of SDE and 4 employees. The episode covers buying intentionally small, using deal structure to reduce risk, and building around a 20- to 40-person long-term team rather than chasing maximum scale. It also discusses first-year fixes in sales and systems, hands-on ownership, and the debate over offshoring in MSPs.

Ideas in this episode

• Zero-down business acquisition

  Brendan Duebner details buying IT Total Care with $300k SDE and 4 employees, emphasizing deal structuring as a small and hands-on ownership rather than maximum scale or rapid expansion.

• Small business acquisition (no experience required)

  Brendan Duebner describes acquiring IT Total Care, a 4-employee managed IT services firm with $300k SDE, using deal structure to limit risk and intentionally building toward a 20- to 40-person team over the long term.