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Buying Small to Build for the Long Term ($300k SDE)
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- Acquiring Minds
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- May 7, 2026
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- 5033
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Summary
Brendan Duebner's goal is to build a healthy, long-term business of 20-40 people. Buying a $1.2m MSP was his first step. Topics in Brendan’s interview: Learning to lead in the Army Summer internship with Josh Medow Cold calling is unpleasant but effective Living and acquiring in the Bay Area Working in the business before closing Signs of seller integrity 85% seller note with no personal guarantee Implementing EOS himself Choosing to only hire local His mission of building a tribe References and how to contact Brendan: LinkedIn IT Total Care Josh Medow on Acquiring Minds: How to Unlock Growth in a 40-Year-Old Business You Buy Abhi Ravishankar on Acquiring Minds: The $50m Lifestyle Holdco Work with an SBA loan team focused exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses: Pioneer Capital Advisory Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program: Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team Download the New CEO’s Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR: From this page or contact [email protected] Connect with Acquiring Minds: See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn Follow Will on Twitter Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron