# (replay) Art of the Roll-Up: 40 Businesses in 4 Years Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119/replay-art-of-the-roll-up-40-businesses-in-4-years Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119/replay-art-of-the-roll-up-40-businesses-in-4-years.md Podcast: [Acquiring Minds](https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119) Published: 2026-07-02T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://acquiringminds.co/articles/jeff-homer-ensemble-performing-arts Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/e6bf68b9/65123972.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/acquiring-minds-3909119/episodes/replay-art-of-the-roll-up-40-businesses-in-4-years Duration seconds: 5034 ## Resource Jeff Homer bought a small local music school as a fun side hustle. It turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime. Topics in Jeff interview: Switching from high finance to music schools Buying his first music school as a side project Raising growth equity after first 2 acquisitions Acquiring a music school every month Artists’ negative predisposition toward selling Comparing profitability of music vs. dance Importance of general managers in scaling Implementing apps to streamline operations Other industries with roll-up potential Rolling up 60+ music/dance schools nationwide References and how to contact Jeff: LinkedIn Ensemble Performing Arts Download the New CEO’s Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR: From this page or contact jenny@aspenhr.com Work with an SBA loan team focused exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses: Pioneer Capital Advisory The ecosystem for serious acquisition entrepreneurs—education, capital, community, and post-close support to buy and grow a business: The Acquisition Lab 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 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/acquiring-minds-3909119/episodes/replay-art-of-the-roll-up-40-businesses-in-4-years/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119/replay-art-of-the-roll-up-40-businesses-in-4-years.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.