Podcast Episodes

How to Buy a $2.3m Business with $100k in Cash + Your 401k

Burk Adams tapped his 401k to buy a business that reinvented his career, gave him back time, and catapulted his wealth. 

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3 years, 10 months ago

How to Survive Buying a Bad Business

It looked like a dream: $2m EBITDA, recurring, large market. Only after Judd Lorson bought it did he learn the truth. 

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3 years, 10 months ago

Buying Doggy Daycares After 10 Years in Tech

Taylor Wallace was over tech. He acquired a small business and with it a renewed sense of impact (and opportunity). 

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3 years, 11 months ago

Would They Do It Again? 1 Year Later with 5 Early Guests

Episode 100! To celebrate, 5 early guests come back to share how things are going at their acquisitions, 1 year later. 

3 years, 11 months ago

How to Buy a Seasonal Biz: Buy Another for Low Season

Andrew Harbin first bought an awning business, then bought a fencing franchise to keep his crew working through summer. 

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3 years, 11 months ago

How a $40k Acquisition Led to a Franchise Empire

James Temple & his mother acquired a struggling Mathnasium franchise in 2009. Today, they do $7m across 19 locations. 

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3 years, 11 months ago

Selling a Business for 5x a Year After Buying It

Sumana Sanjeeva got into ecommerce by chance. 3 years later, she's acquired 4 ecom businesses & sold one for over $5m. 

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3 years, 11 months ago

Ups and Downs of Buying Small (and Keeping a Job)

Toni Kononova bought a ghostwriting business for $500k to experiment with buy-then-build while limiting her downside. 

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4 years ago

Reflections After 1 Year of Searching Full Time

Frustrated searchers: this episode is for you. Jesse Sunquist shares 4 lessons from a year of hunting for a business. 

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4 years ago

Not Just a Young Man's Game: Acquiring at 60

When most people would be considering retirement, Anne Ristic started a new chapter of her career by buying a business. 

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4 years ago