Episodes
Aug. 1, 2025
E288: Les Csorba Reveals the Real Reason Most Leaders Don’t Last
About the Guest: Les Csorba is a partner at Heidrick & Struggles, specializing in CEO and board succession, primarily in the energy sector. With roots in the first Bush administration’s Presidential Personnel Office, Les has spent 30+ years...
July 25, 2025
E287: Building a Business Without Owning It | Strategic M&A, Turnaround Risks & Exit Planning
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/n8w08TJMPdI About the Guest: Fadi Malouf is a strategic buyer, advisor, and capital partner focused on buying, growing, and exiting companies with scale potential. His career began in the fitness and wellness space...
June 27, 2025
E286: Deals Don’t Fail on Paper—They Fail in People
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/xEx9d94kzI0 About the Guest: David Miller is a seasoned dealmaker with an unusually diverse portfolio. From growing a finance firm in the depths of the 2008 crisis to diving headfirst into cannabis cultivation, clean...
June 20, 2025
E285: How to Sell a Business in Puerto Rico (Without Losing Your Mind or Millions)
Watch here: https://youtu.be/ru4JXKUa180 About the Guest: Francisco Uriarte is Managing Partner at Connelly Capital, a Puerto Rico-based M&A advisory firm. With over 60 transactions completed and $800 million in closed deals, Uriarte combines...
June 13, 2025
E284: Breathwork, Business, and Big Exits: How Monica Garcia Uses Calm to Crush M&A
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/Vc2Xhcablro About the Guest: Monica Garcia Duggal is an investment banker turned entrepreneur, financial consultant, and breathwork evangelist. With decades of experience spanning institutional finance, entrepreneurship,...
June 6, 2025
E283: Callum on Building Trust, Board Power, and the Agglomeration Exit Strategy for Entrepreneurs
About the Guest: Callum Laing is not your average M&A expert. A serial entrepreneur and the author of four books (Agglomerate, Progressive Partnerships, Boardroom Blueprint, and Entrepreneurial Investing), Laing is also the founder of Unity Group,...
May 30, 2025
E282: How to Build a Sellable Business: Profit-First Marketing & Exit Strategy with Andy Seeley
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/8WBIPpmXVVY About the Guest: Andy is the CEO and co-founder of Creatively Disruptive—a “revenue growth agency” that helps small businesses scale sustainably. His background is as varied as it is inspiring: from rugby...
May 2, 2025
E279: 94% of Buyers Never Close—Here’s Why the Best Deals Go to the Ones Who Don’t Pay the Most
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/JAnrssj-v2g
About the Guest:
John Martinka is a veteran dealmaker who has spent nearly 30 years helping executives exit corporate life by buying businesses—and helping business owners exit with style and grace. Based in...
April 26, 2025
E278: Buyer Beware: Jed Morris Exposes the Hard Truths Behind Business Acquisitions
Watch: https://youtu.be/I8AUgv479HA
About the Guest:
Jed Morris Jed Morris is the Managing Partner of Sunset Coast Partners, an independent sponsor firm focused on acquiring defense contractors. A former Air Force veteran and Microsoft engineer,...
April 18, 2025
E277: Most Marketing Teams Get Axed After a Sale - Here's How to Make Yours Unkillable
Watch here: https://youtu.be/BbypHaRpOtA
About the Guest:
Victoria Hajjar is the founder of Ugli Ventures and a marketing strategist with deep experience building brands from the inside out. With a background that spans A&E, real estate...
April 11, 2025
E276: She Built a 7-Figure Practice in 2.5 Days a Week—Then Taught Everyone Else How to Exit
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/v4cOn6Py_-Q
About the Guest:
Dr. Ruth Mannschreck is no ordinary advisor—she’s a former dentist who redesigned her practice around her family’s needs, scaling it with systems, hiring, and delegation. After helping fellow...
April 2, 2025
E275: How AI is Changing Small Business Forever – Jonathan Mast on Scaling After the Acquisition
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/Q2QTYAN7Juo
About the Guest:
Jonathan Mast isn’t your typical AI guru. At 55, with a Gandalf-like beard and 20 years in digital marketing, he’s positioned himself as the “voice of reason” in a landscape full of overhype...
March 26, 2025
E274: The Secret Weapon for Scaling & Selling Your Business—Most Founders Overlook This!
Watch here: https://youtu.be/L90nZyyR1qs
About the Guest:
Ashish Gupta is the founder of Scale Up Exec, a firm specializing in fractional COO services for growing businesses. With a background in tech startups, corporate leadership at Apple, and...
March 19, 2025
E273: Are You Making This Mistake? – Why 80% of Small Businesses NEVER Sell
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/2Q11T0Dnvu4
About the Guest:
Mike Finger is the founder of Exit Oasis, a platform dedicated to helping small business owners prepare for successful exits. A former business owner himself, he learned the hard way that not...
March 12, 2025
E272: How to Buy a Business with Almost No Money: SBA Loan Strategies & Franchise Goldmines
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/nvOnJ02n8KA
About the Guest:
Beau Eckstein is a business coach and expert in SBA lending, business acquisitions, and franchising. With a background in real estate and finance, he now specializes in helping aspiring...
March 5, 2025
E271: How This Dealmaker Closes a Business Acquisition Every Week—WITHOUT Using His Own Money!
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/31r3dCWdUtA
About the Guest:
Rob Richmond is a dealmaker, strategic advisor, and founder of Synergy Groups. With decades of experience in technology, business acquisitions, and rollups, Richmond has developed a...
Feb. 26, 2025
E270: From Landscaping Hustle to Tech Empire: Bryan Clayton’s $90M GreenPal Revolution
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/e3HHrrIc4Hc
About the Guest:
Bryan Clayton is the CEO and co-founder of GreenPal, a tech platform connecting homeowners with lawn care professionals. Before launching GreenPal, Clayton built and sold a successful...
Feb. 19, 2025
E269: How to Sell Your Business for Top Dollar – Secrets from an Acquisition Expert
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/XLZjRoLivJw
About the Guest:
Dolores Hirschmann is the founder of Masters in Clarity, a business strategist, speaker coach, and acquisition entrepreneur. With a background in marketing and communication, she helps...
Feb. 12, 2025
E268: Your Business Isn't Worth What You Think! (How to Fix It Before You Sell)
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/ZCwj--I0XU0
About the Guest:
Alina Rivera is a business valuation expert and the founder of Advising Puerto Rico, a firm specializing in business advisory, financial planning, and fractional CFO services. With a...
Feb. 5, 2025
E267: Why Buying a Business Beats Starting One – Buy Your Way to Success!
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/IUebHfz3G-c
About the Guest:
Sanket Bhasin is an experienced entrepreneur and the managing partner of Spring Street Capital, a New York-based software-focused search fund. He has successfully built and exited two tech...
Jan. 29, 2025
E266: From a $5M Offer to a $70M Deal: The Hidden Secrets of Selling Your Business for Maximum Value
Watch Here: https://youtu.be/JhloU4oKlDg
About the Guest:
Todd Sullivan is the co-founder of ExitWise, a platform designed to help business owners maximize the value of their exits by connecting them with the best investment bankers, M&A...
