{"podcast":{"title":"Acquiring Minds","slug":"acquiring-minds-3909119","podcast_index_feed_id":3909119,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/acquiring-minds","website_url":"https://acquiringminds.co","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/L4RqrWQWQ35dO2yrZK1oM8-GSsnKnU7x_9oLElypgrQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYjk2/ZDQwODk5YzNlY2Mw/MTIxN2FkMmYwZTRj/MjMwNS5qcGc.jpg","author":"Will Smith","episode_count":463,"summary":"Buying a business is an amazing path for many successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to buy a business from the entrepreneurs who have already done it. 2x per week: stories, insights, & valuable advice about acquisition entrepreneurship. Hosted by Will Smith, who is on his own path to acquire a business. Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiringMinds Sign up for episode summaries at: https://acquiringminds.co","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119"},"episode":{"title":"From Small Acquisition to $30m Industry Leader","slug":"from-small-acquisition-to-30m-industry-leader","published_at":"2026-04-02T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119/from-small-acquisition-to-30m-industry-leader","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119","url":"https://acquiringminds.co/articles/robin-kovitz-baskits","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/0021c7e6/b9a14ff6.mp3","summary":"It took Robin Kovitz fours years to find her business, which she has built into an industry leader and her life's work. Register for the webinar: Quality of Technology (QoT) Report: Protecting Your Acquisition - TODAY!! - https://bit.ly/4d9F2en Topics in Robin’s interview: Upbringing in the meat industry Early career in investment banking and M&A Her 4-year search for a business Always visit the competitors Critique of the 2-year search clock \"Long-termism\" and becoming a B Corp Her 3 non-negotiables Turning around the gift basket business Solving their storage problem The payoff and price of high ambition References and how to contact Robin: LinkedIn Baskits Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business: Email Nick Akers at nick@inzotechnologies.com , and tell him you’re a searcher If you’re serious about buying a business, learn why Acquisition Lab members have a 40% success rate: The Acquisition Lab Work with an SBA loan team focused exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses: Pioneer Capital Advisory 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","meta_description":"It took Robin Kovitz fours years to find her business, which she has built into an industry leader and her life's work. Register for the webinar: Quality…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6072,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/acquiring-minds-3909119/episodes/from-small-acquisition-to-30m-industry-leader/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/acquiring-minds-3909119/from-small-acquisition-to-30m-industry-leader.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}