{"podcast":{"title":"The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast","slug":"the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224","podcast_index_feed_id":7541224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast","website_url":"http://join.smbdealhunter.xyz","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ryVS_4EnnsoNc7YOE4bH5mBUjGvES7GhKayukwR4fuM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGJh/YTEwNmZhZTcyYWJk/OWU0OGM3MDM2Mzcy/MmUxNy5qcGVn.jpg","author":"Helen Guo","episode_count":104,"summary":"Every week, Helen Guo interviews successful acquisition entrepreneurs, independent sponsors, and investors who have acquired businesses. Learn how to buy a business rather than starting one from scratch from those who have done it themselves.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:20:23.718235+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224"},"episode":{"title":"How She Runs a $450K/yr Business on 20hrs/Week (Without Quitting Her Job)","slug":"how-she-runs-a-450k-yr-business-on-20hrs-week-without-quitting-her-job","published_at":"2026-07-13T18:04:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/how-she-runs-a-450k-yr-business-on-20hrs-week-without-quitting-her-job","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/472ba49e","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/472ba49e/68e3f175.mp3","summary":"Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Bailey breaks down why she stopped trusting Big Tech and bought a firm that's run since 1971, how she closed the $925K deal in six months without quitting her job, and what running it on 20 hours a week actually looks like. ◼️ Why she stopped trusting \"the tech billionaires\" to keep her employed and bought a business instead ◼️ How our team helped her kill the seller's balloon payment and land interest-only terms for the first two years ◼️ The rival buyer she beat out, even though the seller thought he was too \"spreadsheet focused\" ◼️ Why she drove her own car into a member's auto shop for an oil change, just to prove we weren't all \"paid actors\" ◼️ What running a $450K-a-year business on 20 hours a week looks like when you still have a full-time job Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/","meta_description":"Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Bailey breaks down why she stopped trusting Big Tech and bought a firm tha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1549,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/episodes/how-she-runs-a-450k-yr-business-on-20hrs-week-without-quitting-her-job/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-smb-deal-hunter-podcast-7541224/how-she-runs-a-450k-yr-business-on-20hrs-week-without-quitting-her-job.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}