Inspired Or Acquired
Episodes
Joe Pohlen - Big Vision & Big Impact Buying Assisted Living Communities
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Joe Pohlen, CEO of Cardinal Senior Living, shares his journey in the assisted living industry, discussing the growth of his business,...
Martha Stavrou - Can you sell one division of a company?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Martha has built two niche businesses with her husband Tim, and recently they've been wondering what it might be like to sell one. They help hotels mo...
Paul Sanneman - Building A Business You Love Through Great People
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Sanneman has built the perfect lifestyle business with Contractor Staffing Source. His $2.5M revenue recruiting business could run without him if...
Sam Allsopp - Sell A Roofing Business at $50M? Or Scale to $100M?
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Allsopp has quickly grown Neal Roofing & Waterproofing to over $40M revenue within 5 years. We discuss the key growth levers, what his company...
Nathan Lindley - HVAC Struggles To Success
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Lindley, owner of Done Right, shares his journey in the HVAC industry, discussing the challenges and successes of acquiring and professionalizi...
Casey McDaniel - Pest Control & Crazy Exit Multiples
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pest control companies sell for some of the highest multiples of any services businesses - this podcast uncovers why. Patrick Dichter and Clint Fiore ...
Mark & Katie Fleming - Building A Unique Equity Partner HoldCo For Acquisitions
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Katie Fleming from Owner Actions have one of the most interesting business models we've heard from guests. They've taken experience in wealth...
Business Broker Insights - How To Value A Business & How To Sell A Business
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A special 'behind the scenes' episode where we break down how businesses get valued, what it's like to list them for sale, and pointers for sellers to...
Brandon Hall - Sell Now With Exit Multiples High? Or Keep Growing?
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brandon Hall is one of the most impressive accounting firm growth stories we've known. He started Hall CPA PLLC in 2015 and has grown it organically t...
Alex Nelson - To Buy Or Build? Wedding Venue & Coffee Chain Adventures
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Nelson is an impressive entrepreneur in Iowa who built a wedding venue from scratch to $4M revenue within a few years. He also recently bought a ...
Kyle Ewing - Hire a CEO Or Sell a $12M business?
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kyle Ewing is the founder of Terraslate, which manufactures and prints waterproof, and rip-proof paper designed to replace traditional lamination. Kyl...
Brett McManus - Building $1M Equity In 1 Year With Apres Inn
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brett and Casey McManus bought an old motel in Killington, Vermont a year ago. They've shared all the highs and lows on Instagram such as fixing their...
Cassi Niekamp - Growing A Fencing Business 5x
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cassi Niekamp left a corporate career in sales and bought Bowden Fence Company four years ago. She's grown top line revenue 5x and improved the busine...
Daniel Magazu - Not Selling Before $5M Profit
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Magazu's first entrepreneurial venture was a landscaping and mulch business he started during college. With the mulch business he cracked the c...
Christian Kobes - Fast Growth Employee Benefits Firm
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Kobes is quickly scaling 19:21 Consultants Co, an independent health insurance and employee benefits firm. They've found their niche providi...
Furkan Yuce - Inspiring Story of Scaling Elevation Flooring
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Furkan Yuce started Elevation Flooring with a couple scrappy partners and $2500 in the bank 7 years ago. Since then they've grown it organically to $7...
Tim Ryan - 4 Pool Business Exits & Building SaaS
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Ryan has successfully built a pool cleaning business from scratch and sold it - 4 times over! Why does he keep doing it? He's been building a soft...
Brendan Dawson - What buyers might pay the most for Accident Plan?
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Dawson is the founder of Accident Plan, a niche software company solving big problems in commercial trucking. AccidentPlan is a risk managemen...
David Barlev - Would you sell Goji Labs for $20M or hold on?
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Barlev started Goji Labs with his business partner 10 years ago. Goji Labs is a digital product agency building custom software, apps, and tools...
Matt Glaros - Health Insurance Exit & Buying Print Shops
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Glaros joined his small family health insurance brokerage, helped grow it 3x, and recently sold to a large strategic buyer, Hub. He's enjoying wo...
David Ensley - Building vs Buying Orthodontic Practices
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Ensley has built Celebrate Dental & Braces in Austin to $1.5M revenue and $500k EBITDA within 3 years. He has his sites on multiple offi...
Shane Ehrsam - Buying & Improving North Texas Trailers
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shane Ehrsam bought North Texas Trailers just a few years ago. Since then he's grown revenue to $11.5M, improved the team and tech, and maintained hea...
Robert Mayer - Is A Party Business Worth $3-4M??
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Mayer has built an amazing business with Arizona Party Bike. It's a unique tour company based in Arizona specializing in pedal-powered party bi...
Hayden Slack - Scaling A Family Business 8x and Buying It
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hayden Slack joined the family foundation repair business at $4M revenue and grew to $30M. He also launched a plumbing business from scratch that's gr...
Inspired Or Acquired - 10k downloads, listener questions, and our 2025 goals
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a special episode of Inspired Or Acquired to celebrate 10,000 downloads, reflect on learnings from prior episodes, share 2025 goals, and answe...
Ben Tiggelaar - Buying IT Services Companies
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2023 Ben Tiggelaar made the acquisition most people dream of - an IT services business that's recession resistant, with sticky clients, healthy mar...
Marc Hawk - The Journey of Selling RevLocal To Hibu
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marc Hawk joins Inspired Or Acquired to share the journey of selling RevLocal to Hibu. Marc Hawk was the CEO of RevLocal for 14 years and is now part ...
Jameson Haslam - Can West Coast Decks grow to $10 million?
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does a Stanford grad and former investment banking employee employee do when they start their own business? A deck construction company of course...
Ian McKenna - To Sell Or Grow A Great Lab Services Business?
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ian started InTech Scientific years ago and it's become a very profitable and well respected business. He services lab equipment in universities, hosp...
Cheryl Ham - Building A Craft & Subscription Business To +$1M Revenue
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Ham has built Hypnotic Yarn into a +$1M revenue business with 28% net profit margin and 80% of revenue on a subscription basis. She was an amaz...
Devin Wanzor - Lessons Buying and Selling 10 Businesses
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Devin Wanzor has bought and sold more than 10 businesses. He joins the podcast to share his journey from being an SBA lender to being part of a sign m...
Chis Edwards - Buying, Growing, and Selling A Flooring Business
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Edwards recently sold his flooring business in Steamboat, Colorado. He bought the business just 3.5 years prior then quickly grew revenue 50% an...
POV Husband - Buying Restaurants, Real Estate & Content Creation
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
'POV Husband' is a genuine, funny follow on TikTok and Instagram. Prior to becoming a content creator he worked in banking and bought a business to es...
Matt Cafrelli - From CPA To Home Services HoldCo
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Cafrelli left a stable career in accounting to dive into the riskier world of acquisition entrepreneurship. He and his partner created a HoldCo t...
Jesus Montelongo - Inspiring Story Of Growing Longhill Contracting to +$2.7M EBTIDA
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jesus started Longhill Contracting 7 years ago doing drywall and paint contracting for home builders and multifamily developers. They've grown organic...
Mike Pedro - Scaling & Selling A Med Spa Group Platform
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pedro and Danielle Pedro started MD Esthetics med spa in 2018. They've grown quickly to 13 locations and $2.5M EBITDA through acquisitions and br...
Johannes Hock - Leaving Private Equity Career To 10x DFW Turf
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Johannes Hock left private equity early in his career with the aim to build wealth faster through an exit after buying a business. In 2022 he bought D...
Mike Botkin - Massive Landscaping Rollup & Exit Within 2 years
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Botkin is an incredible story of what's possible in the small to mid sized acquisitions space. He left a great job to buy a very small $780k reve...
Ryan Bakke - Quickly Scaling a CPA Firm
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Bakke has built Tax Strategy 365 very quickly and his profit margins are 20-30% better than most similar tax firms. This also makes it difficult ...
Jordan Evans - Buying The Family Business and Scaling to $12M
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Evans bought his parents small language services business and has grown it very quickly to $12M revenue. He discusses how they've growth throug...
Baird Kleinsmith - Building a +$28M Storage Portfolio & LatAm Staffing Firm
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Baird Kleinsmith loves to say he bought a few 'crappy little self storage' businesses. The reality is within 3 short years he took massive action and ...
Jeff Toren - Top Franchise Entrepreneur Shares Highs and Lows
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Toren owns two franchise concepts in Philadelphia - 7 KitchenTuneUp locations and 2 iLoveKickBoxing locations. He's been the #1 franchisee for sa...
Alex Forbes - To Scale? Or Sell His Custom Cabinetry Business?
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Forbes has built Lane17 Custom Cabinetry to +$1.5M revenue. They have great sales momentum and are really hitting their stride in ops to be able ...
Craig Hausz - Are Accounting Firms or Wealth Management Firms More Valuable?
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Hausz has grown a fantastic accounting firm and wealth management firm, CMH Advisors, with his wife Michelle. They've recently landed on the Inc...
Austin Linney - Crazy HVAC Acquisition Rollercoaster
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Austin Linney shares a wild, winding journey of buying an HVAC business that involves huge risk, shady characters, and quickly growing it by +300% wit...
Lauren Coleman - Turning Motel Acquisitions Into Development and Hospitality Brands
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Coleman is a powerhouse entrepreneur, designer, and mom. She's bought and renovated two motels in Colorado, and has plans for more. Her holding...
Dustin Keller - Inspiring Rollup of Auto Repair and Real Esate
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dustin Keller bought a small auto repair business at 19 in Columbus, Ohio. Since then he's grown Alpha Automotive to 9 locations through acquisitions ...
Peter Lohmann - Could he be tempted to sell his property management business soon?
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Lohmann has built a great property management business in Columbus, Ohio that does nearly $3M in revenue and only takes 15 hours/week of his tim...
Alan Pentz - A Clear Vision For A Big Exit
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Pentz has grown his government contracting business to $35M in revenue. It hans't been easy and he's stalled out at some previous stages. But he ...
All Alaska Outdoors - How do you value this incredible fishing lodge and real estate?
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Bob Ledda has built an incredible fishing lodge in Alaska, All Alaska Outdoors. The world class fishing, bear viewing, and remote access has made ...
Eversite with Joe & Rob Benson - A Business Model Buyers Love
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Inspired Or Acquired we have the Eversite founders. Joe Benson and Rob Benson have been in digital marketing for +15 years. They're...
Josh Hall - Josh Hall - Making Web Designer Pro To A Sellable Asset
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Hall successfully sold a web design agency in 2020. Since then he's been creating podcasts, courses and community to help other web designers gro...
Bryant Suellentrop Discusses Selling Part of His Company
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bryant Suellentrop has quickly built a great recruiting agency, Elevate and Delegate, for US companies to hire team members in the Philippines. Clint ...
Kriss Berg - 7 Figure Profits DTC Business & Car Washes
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kriss Berg, aka Car Wash Guy on X, has two incredible businesses. His online supplement business drives 7 figures of profit per year, and his car wash...
Valuing Nolan Gore's Landscaping Business Today and 5 Years Out
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nolan Gore runs a landscaping business in Austin that's in the top 25% for top line revenue. We discuss his recent acquisition of another landscaping ...
Sam Leslie Shares Debating Selling His Plumbing Company
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Leslie, @samtleslie on X, bought a plumbing business in Boulder, CO a few years ago. He shares the roller coaster he's been on as operator wanting...
Would Brian Beers sell or hold is $5M EBITDA Midas franchise group?
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Beers joins to breakdown how he's grown to +33 Midas locations and +$5M of EBITDA. Clint Fiore gives a current valuation of the business, and we...