35 Episodes

  1. The Shifting EtA Landscape: The Rise of Self-Funded Search with HBS Professors Royce Yudkoff & Richard Ruback

    Published: 3/6/2025
  2. Hagan Kappler is building Daisy, a Rollup & Franchisor in Smart Home Services

    Published: 1/30/2025
  3. Building a Consequential Investment Bank with Adam Breslawsky

    Published: 1/7/2025
  4. Start Local, Go National: Sam Rosati’s Journey in Commercial Fencing M&A

    Published: 12/5/2024
  5. Building Garden City: Michael Arrieta on People-First Business

    Published: 9/26/2024
  6. Ryan Sullivan, North Park Group -- the Ultra Long View on U.S. Manufacturing

    Published: 8/15/2024
  7. Tom Barber on the Design of Winning Private Equity Firms

    Published: 7/18/2024
  8. Marshall Lockton: from family business to family office to acquisition #1

    Published: 6/4/2024
  9. Rafa Quinn - Building A Diversified Lower Middle Market Holding Company

    Published: 5/21/2024
  10. Private Credit Arrives in the Lower Middle Market: A Conversation with Bridgepoint’s Matt Plooster

    Published: 4/4/2024
  11. Bob Falahee’s Founder’s Journey: 15 years Building SunPro Motorized Awnings & Screens from Day 1 to a Strategic Exit

    Published: 3/19/2024
  12. 28 Years and Counting at The Top of the LMM: A Conversation with Mangrove Equity's Glenn Oken

    Published: 1/31/2024
  13. The 4 Types of Business Brokers and How to Win Them Over: a Master Class with Clint Fiore

    Published: 1/2/2024
  14. A hero’s journey: Mike Botkin and the OneOutdoor Holdings journey from start to exit.

    Published: 11/7/2023
  15. Due Diligence and the Art of Preventing the Broken LOI

    Published: 10/10/2023
  16. Family-Owned and Acquisitive: 7 Acquisitions in 7 years

    Published: 9/5/2023
  17. How Search Funds Win Competitive Deals - with Max Artz of Peterson Search Partners

    Published: 8/22/2023
  18. Rolling up Veterinary Clinics with Purpose, Partnership and Profits. A conversation with Dr.Wagner, DVM, and Dzmitry Miranovich

    Published: 7/20/2023
  19. Nick Leopard - Learn How the Very Best PE Firms Transform the Finance Function

    Published: 6/27/2023
  20. Brad Smith - Culture, Terms and Price, In That Order. A Deep dive into Healthcare M&A

    Published: 6/13/2023

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Welcome to the “Masters in Small Business Mergers and Acquisitions podcast.” I am your host, Peter Lehrman, and I’m the Founder and CEO of Axial (www.axial.net), a trusted online platform for business owners & their M&A advisors to use to safely and intelligently explore and execute capital raises, acquisitions, and exits with strategic buyers or professional financial sponsors.