Old Owners Are Desperate to Hand Off Profitable Businesses

Synopsis

Mixed bag: billionaire happiness recipe, Shaan's Berkeley talk, Steve Ballmer on Acquired, Gary V's bullish take on everything, the new NYC mayor, multilingual politicians, vibe voting, an idea called 'The President,' small businesses with 50X potential, and Shaan's first six stocks. Light on acquisition mechanics.

Ideas in this episode

• Small business acquisition (no experience required)

  Build a 'businesses-for-sale in upstate SC' lead-aggregator that pulls listings from bizbuysell, BizQuest, broker sites and brokers' emails — a tiny SaaS plus an SEO site that flips warm leads to local brokers for a referral fee.

• Side-hustle ideas media channel