Host Sam Mahmood

Bring an operator who's actually
bought and built businesses.

Entrepreneurship Events Focused on Acquisition & Growth.
Private Equity Conferences Looking For Operator Perspectives.
Universities Teaching Students About Alternative Paths to Business Ownership.

What Sam Speaks On?

Buying Your First Business
How to find, evaluate, and close on a business acquisition without prior experience. Real frameworks from someone who's done it multiple times across different industries.
Building a Hold Co
The mechanics of structuring a holding company, raising capital, and managing multiple portfolio companies simultaneously.
Roll-Up Strategy
How to identify fragmented industries, acquire platform companies, and execute add-on acquisitions that actually create value.
Raising Capital for Acquisitions
Navigating conversations with family offices, private credit funds, and individual investors. What they look for and what kills deals.
Operator vs. Investor Mindset
Why running the business you buy changes everything about how you evaluate opportunities and structure deals.
Scaling Through Acquisition
When organic growth hits a ceiling, how to use M&A as a growth lever without destroying what made the original business work.

Book Sam Mahmood

Sam speaks from experience, not slides. That's rare.

Actionable content to build and buy scalable businesses

In under 5 min per week

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