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Listen now on Spotify or YouTube . After a career in the Marine Corps, Dominick exited the service and joined Corporate America. A few years in, he came across Buy Then Build and set out to acquire a business. Fast forward a few years, and he's acquired two HVAC businesses in Southern California and has launched an AI consultancy focused on helping Main Street service businesses leverage Artificia...

Listen now on Spotify or YouTube . In 2019, Joe acquired Sonny+Ash, a 3D rendering firm based in Chicago. After weathering a pandemic and hiring a GM, he set his sights on a second acquisition. This time he looked for larger businesses with plans to raise equity to fund the deal. He closed on Point B Communications in 2024, buying 96% of the company using a combination of SBA debt, his own savings...

In 2022, Jeremy quit his career in corporate law to throw himself into the world of business ownership. He moved with his wife and kids to western Pennsylvania and set out to find a business to buy. The infrastructure bill had recently passed and so he shortly narrowed his focus to businesses in the underground infrastructure space. This led him to acquire Sewickley Construction Products, now know...

In 2017, Steve and Brad saw an opening. Despite having tons of transplants from up north, the Raleigh-Durham area had a shortage of good sandwich spots. After scouring locations, they ultimately acquired an existing business, turning it into Eastcut's first location. Since then, they've weathered a pandemic, expanded to a second location, and are working on launching a third. In this interview, we...

Aaron Sternberg was working at Bird when the pandemic hit and he got laid off. This led him to launch Pop's Pool Service with his former boss at Bird. They're already at 200 pools and on the road to 800+ in 2025. In this interview, we cover: * How Pop’s delivers “old school hospitality with modern qualities of service” * What led Aaron to get into pool routes * Combating debris, heat, and unbalanc...

James Shockley-Temple left the Air Force in 2007 to get his MBA at Darden. Despite graduating in the aftermath of the Great Recession, he bought his first math tutoring franchise in 2009. Since then, he's bought and built his way to 24 locations and counting. In this episode, we cover: * James’ journey from the Air Force to getting an MBA to SMB ownership * Turning a struggling acquisition into on...

Dr. Adam Broussard is a board certified anesthesiologist, SMB investor and recent SMB owner. In 2024, he started That 1 Painter New Orleans, a commercial and residential painting contractor. In this episode, we dig into the mechanics of running a painting contractor, from estimates to crews and more. In this interview, we cover: * Decoupling his income from hours spent in the OR * Anatomy of a pai...

Tyler Mumford quit his SaaS sales job last year to launch GrindTime Stump Grinding. He made $9K in revenue the first month and is on track to gross $200K in 2025. In this interview, we cover: * Finding a business with a B2B sales motion * How to assemble your equipment on a budget * Walk-through of a typical job * Building a brand in the stump grinding space Where you can find Tyler and GrindTime:...

Alex Caruso is the owner-operator behind POM Industries, the maker of POM pepper spray. After starting the business 8 years ago with $30K, he's since scaled to $5M in revenue through sheer grit, guerilla marketing and the support of industry veterans. In this interview, we dig into: * The process of launching a manufactured product * Challenges of marketing pepper spray * Role of industry advisors...