# How to Get Referrals and Find Hidden Businesses Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-buy-a-business-122126/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-buy-a-business-122126/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses.md Podcast: [Let's Buy a Business](https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-buy-a-business-122126) Published: 2026-06-25T14:40:00+00:00 Episode link: https://ryancondie.libsyn.com/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ryancondie/June_25.mp3?dest-id=1858832 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-buy-a-business-122126/episodes/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses Duration seconds: 1092 ## Resource 5 Ways to find subtle businesses for sale. 1. Generous Referral Fees - $25k+ 2. Regional Conferences 3. Build Relationships with Failed Searchers 4. Start with a Smaller Acquisition 5. Micro Reputation Bonus - Create Hyper Local Presence Inzo Technologies: Get a complimentary IT audit for acquisition diligence or post-close transition. Visit inzotechnologies.com/eta. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-buy-a-business-122126/episodes/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-buy-a-business-122126/how-to-get-referrals-and-find-hidden-businesses.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.