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The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast — 88 episodes

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How He Bought a $1.37M Business WITHOUT Quitting His Job

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How He Bought a Tree Care Company (and Built an Empire)

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He Bought His First Business at $17M and 2x'd It in 5 Years

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Why He'd Rather Hold 6 Businesses for 40 Years Than Flip Them

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He Put $0 Down and Sold It for $35 Million

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His Business Is Boring, But It Returns 50% a Year

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Why He's Buying "Dead" Bowling Alleys Nobody Wants

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He Raised $125M on LinkedIn to Buy Boring Businesses (it worked...)

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Why This Startup Founder Bought an Electrical Contracting Business | Fred McGill of Bray Electrical

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How He Went From English Teacher To 40 Business Acquisitions

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How He Makes $100k+/mo With 800 ATMs | Mitchell Sorkin

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He's done 200+ QofEs. Here's what sellers don't want you to know | Mubarak Shah

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This CPA made all the MAJOR mistakes so you don't have to | Rushi Amin

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How This Entrepreneur Bought a $1.3M Home Service Biz and Sold it to PE for $5.8M a Few MONTHS Later [Greatest Hits]

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How This Serial Acquisition Entrepreneur Left His Corporate Career and Bought 10 Businesses

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[Greatest Hits] Buying an Accounting Firm Without Being a CPA? She Did It.

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McKinsey Consultant -> Two $1M+ Businesses in 2 years | Savanna Rush

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He bought two $5M+ companies in 2 years (completely off market and with no investors)

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How to stand out with brokers and win competitive deals with Alejandra Barrera

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How These 2 Partners Met on Craigslist & Ended Up Buying 15 Companies Together | Joe Van Deman and Colin King

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This MLB Player Acquired A Street Sweeping Company With $0 Down And Grew It By 5x In 13 Months

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[Greatest Hits] How This Big Law Partner Rolled Up 3 MarTech SaaS Companies In 20 Months And Sold to PE

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He's acquired 50+ online businesses making $200k+ / month. (Here's how he does it) | Jacky Chou

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[Greatest Hits] He owns 4 gyms but he's never been to any of them. (Here's How) | Bill Haig

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-$350k → $13M/Yr: From failed acquisition to HVAC rollup | Nathan Lenahan

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$50k → $5M buying declining healthcare businesses (here's how) | Devin Fitzgerald

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He broke ALL the rules of acquisition and still succeeded | Walker Yarbrough

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From Laid Off & Mid-Divorce to a $1.3M / Year Business (with 100% Seller Financing) | Raj Kankaria

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This Software Engineer Quit Tech & Bought A $3.2M+ Business (Now Buying His 2nd) | Kofi Acheampong

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He turned $100k to $6M buying landscaping businesses (here's how) | Michael Loftus

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25 Year Old College Drop-Out Buys a $1.3M Auto Body Shop with $15k | Andres Martínez

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"I Wanted to Throw Up" - How JD Beck Built A $4.6M HVAC/Plumbing Empire While Everything Went Wrong

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He Left Corporate to Buy a Pallet Company. Then He Doubled It. | Michael Kelker of GBR Riverdale

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Former Talent Agent Buys 40-Year-Old Trade Publication | Nathan Gregory of Auto Body News

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From Wall Street to Main Street: Why He Left Private Equity to Roll Up Tree Care Companies

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Ex-Financial Advisor Buys Wedding Venue, Exits to Family Office… Now Onto Acquisition #2

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This Investor Is Betting Millions on Entrepreneurs Buying Small Businesses | Grant Hensel Interview

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Inside a Family Office’s Strategy: Management Buyouts of Domestic Manufacturers

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How This Former Gym Franchisee Pivoted Into Online Business Acquisitions

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He Acquired a Fuel Equipment Maintenance Business. 3 Years Later, Investors Forced Him Out

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After 10 Years at PwC, He Left Corporate to Buy an Accounting Firm

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How This U.S. Marine Corps Veteran from the Tech Startup World Acquired Two Businesses at Once

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Inside the Mind of a Business Broker — What Buyers Need to Know

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How This Fireman Acquired 5 Self-Storage Companies Across 11 Locations

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Ex-Amazon Tech Employee Acquires 35-Year-Old Wholesale Hat Company

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Ex-Tech Employee Acquires 7 Businesses (Primarily In Construction) And Grows Them 5x

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Ex-Government Employee Acquires Multiple E-Commerce Businesses In A Gray Market

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Ex-Consultant Acquires Outsourced Sales Organization Selling $100K/Day in Dog Training Alone

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How This Entrepreneur Is Rolling Up Language Services Businesses (Journey from $700K to $20M/Year)

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How This Entrepreneur Failed At A Turnaround Acquisition And What He Learned Through The Experience

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How This Entrepreneur Acquired A Business That Went Bankrupt, And What He'd Do Differently Next Time

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How This Former Fintech Executive Acquired A Commercial Plumbing Business And DOUBLED It In 6 Months

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How This Independent Sponsor Left The Corporate World To Acquire 8 Businesses In 8 Years

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How This Army Veteran Acquired An $8M Restoration Business Through 100% Seller Financing

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From Pools to Preschools: How a Former Financial Analyst Built and Acquired Multiple Businesses

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How This Former VC-Backed Entrepreneur Started A Holding Company With 3 Acquisitions And 2 Startups

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An SMB M&A Lawyer's Insights from $1B+ in Closed Deals

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How This Serial Entrepreneur Is Buying Paving Companies In the Southwest

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How this Entrepreneur Acquired an IT Managed Service Company Through A Traditional Search Fund

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How This Entrepreneur Acquired A Commercial Cleaning Business And Is Doubling It In Year 1

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How This Real Estate Investor Acquired a Digital Products e-Commerce Business

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How This Entrepreneur Acquired An Artificial Turf Business And Tripled It In 2 Years

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How This Entrepreneur Is Buying and Building a Portfolio of SaaS Businesses

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How This Stanford MBA Acquired An Accounting Firm And Doubled It In 3 Years

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How This Serial Entrepreneur Acquired 4 Coffee Shops

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How This Former Sales Manager Acquired An Industrial Painting Company

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How This UK-Based Entrepreneur Acquired An Airbnb Rental Business And Outsourcing Business

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How This Tech Startup Advisor Acquired A Window Washing Business

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How This Former Software Engineer Acquired A Window Covering Business

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How to Buy a Business Using Retirement Funds (Without Early Withdrawal Fees)

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How This Entrepreneur Transitioned from A Career In Tech Sales to Business Acquisitions

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How This 22 Year Old Acquired, Grew, and Flipped a Local Pizzeria In 16 Months

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How This Former US Army Infantry Officer Transitioned Into Acquisition Entrepreneurship

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How This Real Estate Investor Diversified into Small Business Acquisitions

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How This Entrepreneur Went from Working at a Big 4 Accounting Firm to Acquiring 7 CPA Firms

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A SBA Lender's Insights from $400 Million Of Closed Deals In 9 Years

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How This Entrepreneur Turned A Power Washing Company Into One Of The Fastest Growing Franchises

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How This Non-Accountant Acquired 3 CPA Firms

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How This Former Fighter Pilot Who Spent 10 Years On Wall Street Acquired 6 Businesses

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How This Former Tech Startup Guy Is Buying Up Doggy Daycares

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How This Acquisition Entrepreneur Is Rolling Up The Car Wash Industry

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How This Former Real Estate Investor Bought 2 Label Manufacturing Businesses

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How This Former Investment Banker Acquired a Dairy Testing Lab

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How This Acquisition Entrepreneur Left a Career in Corporate America to Buy a Print Shop

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What You Need To Know About Buying a Business with the SBA 7a Loan

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How This Former Consultant Acquired An Ice Cream Shop

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How This Tech Employee Turned First-Time Acquisition Entrepreneur Bought Two Businesses at Once

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How This Entrepreneur Acquired, Grew, and Sold the Largest Hood Cleaning Business in Utah in 2 Years