# Recruiting Business Valuation: Is 3x SDE a Good Deal? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776/recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776/recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal.md Podcast: [Acquisitions Anonymous - #1 for business buying, selling and operating](https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776) Published: 2026-05-22T11:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1964407/episodes/19207878-recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal.mp3 Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1964407/episodes/19207878-recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776/episodes/recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal Duration seconds: 2480 ## Resource In this episode the hosts analyze a niche executive recruiting firm serving the printing, packaging, and paper industries, debating whether its deep relationships and proprietary network create a durable moat—or a dangerous key-man dependency. Special thanks to Tighe Burke with SRCH for joining us on today's pod! Check out more here: https://www.srchpartners.com/ Business Listing – http://bizbuysell.com/business-opportunity/reputable-high-margin-executive-recruiting-company/2446959/ Welcome... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776/episodes/recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquisitions-anonymous-1-for-business-buying-selling-and-operating-3044776/recruiting-business-valuation-is-3x-sde-a-good-deal.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.