Season 1
Episodes
Episode 359: Breaking Down JP Morgan's 2025 Global M&A Mid-Year Outlook Report
JP Morgan's latest M&A report reveals something fascinating: despite ongoing uncertainty, global deal volumes hit $2.2 trillion (up 27% year-over-year).Here's what caught my attention: - Mega deals increased 57%...
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Episode 358: The Origin Stories Behind Great Dealmakers
Ever wonder how great dealmakers got their start?Some began with childhood lemonade stands. Others learned through necessity when family circumstances required quick business education. A few discovered their talents...
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Episode 357: Building Employee-Owned Enterprises with Neal Cobb
Most people think private equity means gutting companies and squeezing margins. Neal Cobb is proving them wrong.After raising over $20 million and scaling his delivery startup to 100,000 drivers before selling to...
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Episode 356: Building Enterprise Value Through Intentional Business Design with Scott Beebe
Eighty percent of business owners have eighty percent of their net worth locked in their business.But only twenty percent of businesses survive to see their tenth birthday.This conversation will change how you think...
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Episode 355: Understanding The Language of Deals with Corey Kupfer
Most business leaders believe they need significant capital to pursue growth deals.This assumption limits their strategic options.The reality is that dozens of deal structures are available to businesses of every...
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Episode 354: Building AI-Powered Companies Through Strategic Bootstrapping with Hikari Senju
Hikari Senju did something different. While everyone else was chasing VCs, he built Omneky to millions in revenue first.
After seeing AI generate art at MIT, this Harvard CS grad knew the future. But when investors...
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Episode 353: Build Community-Driven Real Estate Ventures with Ryan Andrews
Most real estate developers think they need institutional investors or private equity to scale their projects.Ryan Andrews proved you can raise millions locally while building stronger community connections.Here's...
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Episode 352: Proven Strategies for Scaling Companies Through Strategic Partnerships with Nahed Khairallah
Most business leaders think scaling requires massive capital investment.But what if I told you companies are scaling from 7 to 9 figures through strategic partnerships instead?That's exactly what this business scaling...
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Episode 351: There's a Deal for That: A Deep Dive into Strategic Deal Types Beyond M&A
Most entrepreneurs think M&A and capital raising are the only "real" deals.They're missing 90% of the opportunities.In this DealQuest solo episode, I break down the full spectrum of deal types that can solve...
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Episode 350: Strategic Capital Raising and Exit Planning with Tom Dillon
Most entrepreneurs think raising VC money means they've "made it."But Tom Dillon learned something different during his years in investment banking and running a PE-backed company.After analyzing countless deals and...
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Episode 349: Unlock Baby Boomer Business Transitions with Georgi Feidler
Georgi Feidler shared some incredible stats with me... Over 50% of small businesses are owned by Baby Boomers. 60% of those have zero succession plan.That's billions in wealth transfer happening right now and most of...
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Episode 348: Systemize Your Business for Freedom and Exit Success with James Brown
Attention entrepreneurs: If you think working 80+ hour weeks makes your business more valuable... the data says otherwise.This conversation will change how you think about business building forever.James Brown didn't...
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