I get many unsolicited requests to talk about SMB/search. I like to be helpful, but it's gotten to the point where I really can't take that many calls. Took one recently, and the searcher sent me a gift card as a thank you to a great coffee shop. THIS is how you network.

Why does a Barnes and Noble on Tampa FL have an Amish fiction section?

Buying back your time isn’t about freeing up more time to work. I work a lot, so I really value joy and fun in my free time. Some people get joy mowing the lawn and painting their house. I abhor it. Would way rather be walking 18 holes.

4,000 days without drugs or alcohol today. I normally post when I celebrate an anniversary, but somehow that number really stuck out to me today. There's no real secret - like anything in life where you count days, you just stack 24hrs and stay humble.

Any newsletter pros/consultants out there? Need some help with a consumer things to do newsletter...

If you are a searcher, you need to hear this. I got lucky with timing as a first time searcher and now regularly outbid searchers on deals. The good news about search though is that unlike goldmines - there will always be businesses to buy…

All these people duking it out over exit values, MIP, operator vs. PE whatever all just kinda sound like assholes with too much time on their hands.

Just leaving our industry’s biggest trade show: Barkleigh Pet Boarding and Daycare Expo. Searchers hit me up weekly asking “how do I buy a pet business”. I only met one searcher there. If you’re trying to buy a small biz, go to the source.

Anyone got any good new orleans tips, restaurant recs, musuems, sober bro trip fun?

Has anyone here in ETA/SMB/M&A land ever run into an issue where you buy a business and can't transfer the Facebook pages over to new ownership? Running into an insane issue where we can't get pages transfered. Meta is useless and it's hurting our biz.

Was with a buddy yesterday who runs his own sports book. “How many guys have positive lifetime winnings?” “0 I’m the only one that makes any money long term.” Don’t bet on sports for money that matters.

What is a "Vibe" and how should you use it to win? In 2020, I bought a single doggie daycare. We doubled revenue in 6mo. Then we did it again, and again, and again, and again. Now I support 35 pet resorts across the country. People ask me all the time, how we grew store count

Don’t sweat the small stuff. The world is full of assholes, and the more you let them go, the better you’ll do and feel.

Doing deals sometimes feels like wrestling bears. And then there are the bear alligator hybrids where you're glad you're a Florida Man.

It’s absolutely insane that this is what an entrepreneur in America has to do to get some kind of family health insurance. How is our system this broken?