Acquiring Minds

Dustin Carreon shares his journey from a scrapping business to acquiring multiple businesses. He discusses key learnings from tough acquisitions, the importance of timing and luck, and the challenge of building a holdco. Topics include cross-training employees, balancing staff numbers, and growing a business without a college education

Adam Markley shares insights on evaluating businesses for acquisition, utilizing online courses, financing options, holdco structure, UK vs. US acquisitions, personalized outreach, partnerships, and operating partners in diverse industries. He talks about transitioning from accounting to acquisitions, success stories from the Acquisition Lab, educating students in acquisitions, personalized letter writing strategy, acquisitions in digital marketing and manufacturing, and navigating growth within a Holdco model.

Nick Haschka and Dillan Ferguson discuss their journey of forming a $50-60m revenue roll-up in 5 years, focusing on serving residential and commercial customers, developing software, and overcoming challenges like an atmospheric river crisis post-acquisition. They highlight the importance of leadership, strategic growth, operational changes, and navigating challenges in the generator industry.

Entrepreneur Dominick Blue shares his journey of buying an air duct cleaning business, expanding into HVAC while keeping his W-2 job. He discusses mistakes in diligence, revamping services, finding leaders, ghosted by bank, advantage of selling direct, and his personal and business challenges.

Juan Aguilar shares his journey of buying a $3m EBITDA business in Central America, implementing EOS, raising prices by 25%, finding a CEO replacement, and transitioning towards a permanent capital model. He discusses succession planning, navigating business transformation, and dividend recapitalization for long-term growth strategies.

Renan Cortez, an entrepreneur, secured 100% seller financing for an $8m business after learning about acquisition via Codie Sanchez and using a virtual assistant. Topics include negotiating seller note, securing bridge loan, rebranding the company, raising capital for growth, and his large roll-up vision.

Entrepreneur Garrison Snell shares his journey from a small recording artist marketing agency to a $38m holdco. Topics include early ventures in real estate, acquiring in manufacturing, leadership challenges, community-minded business, and applying Porter's 5 Forces.

Ex-Marine Dan Verboski shares insights on buying a sign company & doubling its earnings, overcoming culture clashes, firing faster, building new company culture, personal changes post-burnout, standing out by answering phone calls, and growing as a leader in SMB ownership journey.

Actor and entrepreneur Will Smith partners in Minds Capital to invest in searcher deals. They discuss fund formation, fundraising challenges, evaluating deals systematically, and the value of community in a fund. The podcast covers motivations for raising a fund, differences in investor needs, and the importance of partnerships in the investment industry.

Former crew member turned successful business owner Colin Gates shares his journey of aggressive saving, buying a commercial painting business, managing prima donna employees, bidding jobs constantly, hiring, and strategies for business growth. He highlights the importance of cash flow, not requiring deposits, and having the seller stay on as an employee.