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The Deal Podcast — 72 episodes

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1

The Pattern Recognition Skill That Built Four Exits with Steven Pivnik

2

Gatr Coolers: The Story Behind the Brand with Bryan McGehee

3

Finding Your Highest and Best Use as an Entrepreneur — Dominic Dupré

4

The Growth by Subtraction Playbook for Middle Market Founders with Yarin Gaon

5

The Partner You Need When You've Run Out of Gas — George Boudreaux & Nathan Rath

6

Building a Business With Your Spouse Without Losing Your Mind — Kenny & Stacy Maggard

7

Running City Hall Like a Business with Mayor-President Monique Boulet

8

What Happens to Your Business If You Don't Make It Home Today with Taylor Davis

9

The Success Story Behind The Gingerbread Twins with Billy & Denny

10

Why Your Book of Business May Be Worth More Than You Think — Dr. Jon Randall

11

The Lone Survivor of a Plane Crash — and the Lessons That Followed with Wade Berzas

12

Why Creativity Without Data Is Just a Pretty Waste of Money with Jeremy Beyt

13

From Oil Field Landman to Business Owner with Scott Rainey

14

Bootstrapped to VC-Backed: Scaling a Female-Founded Brand — Lauren Bercier

15

Access Granted: Inside the Hilton Family Office — Mark Miller

16

No Operator, No Deal — How PE Firms Find the Right CEO with Travis Hann

17

He Buys Companies Everyone Else Is Running From — Nate Moore

18

Value Creation vs. Wealth Acceleration: The Family Office Framework

19

Why Culture Kills More Acquisitions Than Bad Pricing — Scott Harkey

20

How a Banker Evaluates Business Acquisitions (The 5 Cs Explained)

21

When to Sell: The $50K Angel Investing Lesson — Bubba Page

22

When to Order a Quality of Earnings — Elliott Holland

23

What an Investigative Journalist Notices That Most Deal Makers Miss

24

From Brazil to Rebuilding Downtown Lafayette

25

90% of Family Wealth Is Gone by the Third Generation — Here's Why

26

What 18 Months Before Your Exit Should Actually Look Like

27

"God Whispers" — How Faith Led to a Life-Changing Exit

28

The 5 Dimensions of Private Equity Most GPs Ignore

29

The Art of Venture Capital: How VCs Value an Idea

30

Platform vs. Tuck-In: The Private Equity Playbook Explained

31

How He Timed His $230M Exit — Then Did It Again

32

He Represented Grammy Artists. Now Doing Reverse Mergers On Wall Street

33

Why Athletes Go Broke (And How This Pro Snowboarder Avoided It)

34

Why the Smartest Lawyers Kill the Fewest Deals

35

He Sold His Family Business for Millions, Then Bought It Back 10 Years Later With His Son

36

Why Bankers Are The Least Greedy Partner In A Deal

37

From the Teller Line to the CFO Seat: How Trust Drives Better Deals

38

Putting Private Equity On Chain: The Future of Capital, Liquidity, and Ownership

39

Building a Business on Faith, People, and Patience

40

Building a Family Business That Lasts: Marriage, Risk, and Nine Locations Strong

41

Why Culture, Not Strategy, Determines Whether Deals Actually Work

42

Selling the Family Business Without Selling Your Soul

43

Patents Don’t Create Value. Businesses Do.

44

How Smart Dealmakers Turn Taxes Into a Strategic Advantage

45

How Smart Exits Eliminate Capital Gains and Preserve Momentum

46

From Louisiana to Leading Global Capital Markets

47

How Banks Really Evaluate Middle Market Deals

48

Why Deals Fail After the Numbers Look Perfect

49

Courtroom or Boardroom? Why Transactional Lawyers Shape the Biggest Deals.

50

Relationship Banking, Deal Discipline, and Knowing When to Say No

51

What Happens When the Deal Is Done and Purpose Is Still Missing?

52

Love, Truth, and the Business of Building What Lasts

53

What Makes a Great M&A Attorney?

54

What Can Car Sales Teach You About Private Equity?

55

Behind the Scenes of Middle Market Deals: A Roundtable with FA Mergers

56

From U.S. Marshal to Full-Time LP Investor with Philip Boggia

57

What Does It Really Take to Lead a Publicly Traded Bank?

58

From Ambulances to Acquisitions: Blaise Zuschlag on Scaling Mission Driven Impact

59

From the Court to the Courtroom: Deal Clarity from a Coach Turned Lawyer

60

Can Infrastructure Be a Profit Center? How Ken Bernhard Turned Central Plants into Cash Flow

61

From Cold Calls to Closed Deals: How Beau Bourque Built a Real Estate Pipeline That Wins

62

From Courtside to C-Suite: Collis Temple III on Legacy, Leadership & Letting Go

63

Building & Buying: How S1 Technology Scaled Fast with Strategy, Culture, and Grit

64

The Lawyer Who Sees the Whole Deal

65

Poker, Psychology, and Preparing to Sell Your Business

66

Faith, Family & the Hustle: Building a Business Together

67

Ashley on Divine Guidance and Decision Making: Look for the Hell No

68

Jude David on The Secret to Great Teamwork: Compassion, Empathy, and Patience

69

Chasing Dreams: From Baseball to Business with Beau

70

Betting on Yourself: Jude David on Knowing Your Value in M&A Deals

71

Jude David on Mid-Market M&A, Arbitrage, and Building Value from the Buy Side

72

The Deal Podcast Intro