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The Deal Podcast — 90 episodes
What Every Founder Gets Wrong About Building With AI with Justin Obney
The Deal Behind Sports Betting, NIL, Revenue Sharing, and the Portal with Charles Hanagriff
Where Allocators and Dealmakers Actually Meet with Rip Reeves
From Folding Towels for Nick Saban to Owning a Bank with Scott Gaudin
Playing Offense or Defense With Your Company's Value with Ben Vance
We're Not a Construction Company, We're a People Company — Lenny Lemoine
The Hidden Asset Smart PE Firms Protect at All Costs with Jeffrey Koonce
The Family Office Playbook for Lower Middle Market Acquisitions — Erik Billet
Stuck in the Founder Trap? How to Free Yourself From the Day to Day with Jeff Martin
From Ministry to Real Estate: Lessons From a Career Pivot with John Ray Perkins
Scaling a Law Firm Without Losing the Mission with Blake David
How Founders Use Community Foundations to Protect Their Legacy with Missy Andrade
Eat What You Kill: The Bet-On-Yourself Model — Mark Weber
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Nonprofit World
From Career to Calling: Inside Family Missions Company with Saul Keeton & Kevin Granger
From Law to the Priesthood: Discerning the Call with Father Jim Brady
The Opportunity Machine: Powering Louisiana's Startup Boom — Destin Ortego
The Public-Private Partnership Playbook with Mike Tarantino
The Pattern Recognition Skill That Built Four Exits with Steven Pivnik
Gatr Coolers: The Story Behind the Brand with Bryan McGehee
Finding Your Highest and Best Use as an Entrepreneur — Dominic Dupré
The Growth by Subtraction Playbook for Middle Market Founders with Yarin Gaon
The Partner You Need When You've Run Out of Gas — George Boudreaux & Nathan Rath
Building a Business With Your Spouse Without Losing Your Mind — Kenny & Stacy Maggard
Running City Hall Like a Business with Mayor-President Monique Boulet
What Happens to Your Business If You Don't Make It Home Today with Taylor Davis
The Success Story Behind The Gingerbread Twins with Billy & Denny
Why Your Book of Business May Be Worth More Than You Think — Dr. Jon Randall
The Lone Survivor of a Plane Crash — and the Lessons That Followed with Wade Berzas
Why Creativity Without Data Is Just a Pretty Waste of Money with Jeremy Beyt
From Oil Field Landman to Business Owner with Scott Rainey
Bootstrapped to VC-Backed: Scaling a Female-Founded Brand — Lauren Bercier
Access Granted: Inside the Hilton Family Office — Mark Miller
No Operator, No Deal — How PE Firms Find the Right CEO with Travis Hann
He Buys Companies Everyone Else Is Running From — Nate Moore
Value Creation vs. Wealth Acceleration: The Family Office Framework
Why Culture Kills More Acquisitions Than Bad Pricing — Scott Harkey
How a Banker Evaluates Business Acquisitions (The 5 Cs Explained)
When to Sell: The $50K Angel Investing Lesson — Bubba Page
When to Order a Quality of Earnings — Elliott Holland
What an Investigative Journalist Notices That Most Deal Makers Miss
From Brazil to Rebuilding Downtown Lafayette
90% of Family Wealth Is Gone by the Third Generation — Here's Why
What 18 Months Before Your Exit Should Actually Look Like
"God Whispers" — How Faith Led to a Life-Changing Exit
The 5 Dimensions of Private Equity Most GPs Ignore
The Art of Venture Capital: How VCs Value an Idea
Platform vs. Tuck-In: The Private Equity Playbook Explained
How He Timed His $230M Exit — Then Did It Again
He Represented Grammy Artists. Now Doing Reverse Mergers On Wall Street
Why Athletes Go Broke (And How This Pro Snowboarder Avoided It)
Why the Smartest Lawyers Kill the Fewest Deals
He Sold His Family Business for Millions, Then Bought It Back 10 Years Later With His Son
Why Bankers Are The Least Greedy Partner In A Deal
From the Teller Line to the CFO Seat: How Trust Drives Better Deals
Putting Private Equity On Chain: The Future of Capital, Liquidity, and Ownership
Building a Business on Faith, People, and Patience
Building a Family Business That Lasts: Marriage, Risk, and Nine Locations Strong
Why Culture, Not Strategy, Determines Whether Deals Actually Work
Selling the Family Business Without Selling Your Soul
Patents Don’t Create Value. Businesses Do.
How Smart Dealmakers Turn Taxes Into a Strategic Advantage
How Smart Exits Eliminate Capital Gains and Preserve Momentum
From Louisiana to Leading Global Capital Markets
How Banks Really Evaluate Middle Market Deals
Why Deals Fail After the Numbers Look Perfect
Courtroom or Boardroom? Why Transactional Lawyers Shape the Biggest Deals.
Relationship Banking, Deal Discipline, and Knowing When to Say No
What Happens When the Deal Is Done and Purpose Is Still Missing?
Love, Truth, and the Business of Building What Lasts
What Makes a Great M&A Attorney?
What Can Car Sales Teach You About Private Equity?
Behind the Scenes of Middle Market Deals: A Roundtable with FA Mergers
From U.S. Marshal to Full-Time LP Investor with Philip Boggia
What Does It Really Take to Lead a Publicly Traded Bank?
From Ambulances to Acquisitions: Blaise Zuschlag on Scaling Mission Driven Impact
From the Court to the Courtroom: Deal Clarity from a Coach Turned Lawyer
Can Infrastructure Be a Profit Center? How Ken Bernhard Turned Central Plants into Cash Flow
From Cold Calls to Closed Deals: How Beau Bourque Built a Real Estate Pipeline That Wins
From Courtside to C-Suite: Collis Temple III on Legacy, Leadership & Letting Go
Building & Buying: How S1 Technology Scaled Fast with Strategy, Culture, and Grit
The Lawyer Who Sees the Whole Deal
Poker, Psychology, and Preparing to Sell Your Business
Faith, Family & the Hustle: Building a Business Together
Ashley on Divine Guidance and Decision Making: Look for the Hell No
Jude David on The Secret to Great Teamwork: Compassion, Empathy, and Patience
Chasing Dreams: From Baseball to Business with Beau
Betting on Yourself: Jude David on Knowing Your Value in M&A Deals
Jude David on Mid-Market M&A, Arbitrage, and Building Value from the Buy Side
The Deal Podcast Intro