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Chris Bath is a father, and a multifaceted leader whose background spans the fields of science, finance, and spirituality. Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the mechanics of the universe, he read Physics at Oxford University, later applying that analytical mindset to a high-stakes professional career defined by complexity and change. Chris spent a decade in Mergers & Acquisitions at Rothschild & Co before transitioning into executive leadership. As CFO and later CEO of a family-owned healthcare business, he led a major organizational transformation that culminated in a successful sale to Goldman Sachs. In parallel to his corporate trajectory, Chris has maintained a dedicated spiritual practice for over 20 years. As a seasoned yogi currently studying to become a teacher, Chris created a book, A to Zen, to bridge the gap between high-pressure professional environments and mindful living. His work offers a practical toolkit for reconciling these seemingly contradictory worlds, providing a path through the demands of time and a return to the present moment.https://chrisbath.life/

Want the playbook, not just the conversation? Subscribe for deep-dive, actionable breakdowns from every episode at unchurned.substack.com.Rebecca Nerad, VP of Customer Success at Advantive, owns retention across four lines of business built from 17 acquisitions in four years. She joins Josh to break down what post-merger integration looks like from the post-sales seat:sitting in on diligence before deals close, inheriting handshake contracts nobody documented, and owning the renewal number for customers she's only just met. Plus the objection-handling agent she built on months of renewal desk recordings, and her candid take on why she still can't measure what it's worth.---What You'll Learn- How to structure a CS org that spans across multiple lines of business - How to not lose customer knowledge from acquired companies- Hiring & coaching for empathy- The internal objection-handling agent built from renewal negotiation history- Why time to response may be the retention metric AI actually moves- The customization trap AI reintroduces---Timestamps0:00 - Preview & Intro0:58 - Meet Rebecca Nerad (VP of CS, Advantive)1:22 - 17 acquisitions in four years3:52 - Playbook for post-merger customer success5:12 - Handshake deals and undocumented contracts6:51 - What acquired companies do better7:46 - Running CS post-sales motion 11:15 - Staffing CSMs by industry, not product13:41 - Hiring for curiosity and EQ 14:28 - How you actually coach empathy17:48 - Taking an agentic AI course as a VP18:55 - Building an objection-handling agent22:05 - The AI measurement problem24:00 - Time to response as the real lever25:32 - At-risk tickets, save plays, and QBRs28:24 - Grading the long-tail segment29:19 - AI adoption as the CS opportunity30:23 - The dashboard-at-scale trap---Josh is writing a book on building customer relationships. Follow his journey and insights at www.joshschachter.com---Where to Find the GuestRebecca Nerad (Advantive): https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccanerad---Where to Find the Hosts: Josh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/Unchurned Substack: https://unchurned.substack.com/

The Home Depot's founding story is like an Avengers movie… if the Avengers got fired, went broke, and stacked empty paint cans ten feet high to look legitimate. After being unceremoniously fired from their previous hardware chain at ages 48 and 35, Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank took the words of their New York banker Ken Langone (who had also just accidentally caused their firings) to heart: they'd just been "kicked in the ass with a golden horseshoe.” They proceeded to author the greatest compounding story in American retail history, helped by some legendary cameos along the way from Sol Price, Jamie Dimon, and Ross Perot (to name a few). And the ending is as good as any superhero film: from its 1981 IPO to today, The Home Depot has been the single highest-returning equity in the entire US stock market — higher than Apple, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, and everything else!Sponsors:Many thanks to our fantastic Fall '26 Season partners:SierraWorkOSAnthropicSentryLinks:Sign up for email updates, get our takeaways and research photos from each episode, and vote on future topics!The Official Acquired Meetup on Sept 17th with our friends at Sentry. Join us!The Acquired Home Depot Companion PDFOur Visual Artifacts page for Home DepotBuilt from Scratch by Bernie Marcus and Arthur BlankKick Up Some Dust by Bernie MarcusThe Board Wore Chicken Suits by Joe Nocera, The New York TimesFrank Blake on Invest Like the BestKen Langone's interview with Arvind NavaratnamWorldly Partners' Multi-Decade Home Depot StudyAll episode sourcesCarve Outs:Silo Season 3Tires Season 3Ratio 8 Coffee MakerTrade CoffeeQuarterbackComedianMore Acquired:Get email updates and vote on future episodes!Join the SlackCheck out the latest swag in the ACQ Merch Store!00:00:00 Start00:00:43 Intro00:05:32 Bernie Marcus's Early Career and meeting Arthur Blank (1972)00:15:58 Ken Langone & Handy Dan (1970s)00:33:08 Ken Buys Handy Dan, Bernie & Arthur Fired00:43:55 Ross Perot Almost Buys Home Depot00:51:20 Pat Farrah & The HomeCo Interlude01:05:03 First Stores & Early Model (1979)01:14:16 Home Depot Goes Public & Expands (1981)01:24:35 Home Depot's Unique Operating System01:46:01 Arthur Blank Takes CEO & Early Cracks (1997)01:56:07 The Bob Nardelli Era (2000-2007)02:12:09 Nardelli's Public Downfall & Firing (2006-2007)02:24:24 Frank Blake's Turnaround: Crisis & Culture (2007)02:42:30 E-commerce & Distribution Revolution02:59:57 Home Depot Today: Pro & DIY (2024)03:12:04 Analysis: The Paradox of Specialness03:16:18 7 Powers: Home Depot's Competitive Advantages03:19:17 Quintessence: Why It Got So Big03:26:27 Carve-Outs + Outro‍Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

The Best Real Estate Investing Advice From REIcon 2026 REIcon 2026 is officially over. After a packed weekend of presentations, panels, live coaching, deal analysis and conversations with investors from across Canada, Wayne and Gabby are back on the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show sharing some of the best advice they gave from the stage. In today's episode, they recap several of the biggest lessons from the weekend, including a creative way to negotiate inspection repairs, the three real estate opportunities Wayne believes are strongest in Edmonton right now, why residential real estate should not automatically be considered inferior to multifamily, and why buying the property is only the beginning. One of the biggest messages from the weekend: You don't make all your money when you buy the property. How you manage that property afterward determines what you actually keep. Don't Leave an Event Without What You Came For Wayne's final advice before leaving REIcon on Saturday was simple. If you paid to attend an educational event and still have a question preventing you from taking action, do not leave without getting it answered. Find the person who knows. Ask the expert. Talk to the lender. Talk to the lawyer. Talk to the investor. Talk to the contractor. The entire point of attending an event like REIcon is to leave with more clarity than you arrived with. Monday morning eventually comes. Motivation fades. What matters is whether you actually learned something that allows you to take the next step. A Creative Way to Negotiate Inspection Repairs One of Gabby's favourite conversations happened Friday night. An investor had a property under contract. The numbers worked. He liked the property. Then the home inspection revealed several repairs. The seller did not want to reduce the price or complete the work. The investor was considering walking away because every additional dollar he personally invested into repairs would reduce his return on investment. Gabby suggested a different approach. Instead of asking the seller to lower the purchase price: Increase it. Then require the seller to complete the repairs before closing. Why? Because the increased purchase price may allow more of the total acquisition cost to be incorporated into the mortgage financing, while the seller uses the additional proceeds to complete the required work. The seller can potentially walk away with roughly the same net amount. The buyer avoids funding the entire repair bill separately out of pocket. And the deal may stay together. It will not work in every transaction and needs to make sense with the lender, appraisal and contract structure, but it demonstrates an important investing principle: Price is only one part of a negotiation. Stop Obsessing Only Over Purchase Price Investors often become fixated on negotiating the lowest possible purchase price. But the better question is: How do I structure the entire transaction so the investment works? Price. Repairs. Closing date. Financing. Conditions. Credits. Terms. Possession. All of these can matter. Sometimes paying slightly more for the property can actually create a better investment if the overall structure reduces the amount of additional cash you need to contribute. The Three Edmonton Opportunities Wayne Highlighted at REIcon During Saturday morning's live Morning Show, Wayne shared the three opportunities he currently believes are among the strongest in Edmonton: Legal suited houses Edmonton townhouses Multi-unit garden suites Each opportunity serves a different investor. Different capital. Different experience. Different risk tolerance. Different return expectations. There is no single asset class that is automatically superior to everything else. #1: Legal Suited Houses If somebody forced Wayne to choose a straightforward Edmonton rental property for an investor with limited experience, he would choose a legal suited house. Why? They are relatively simple. They have diversified rental income. They serve a broad tenant base. They tend to be resilient. And Wayne believes they are difficult to completely mess up if they are purchased properly. The trade-off? They may not produce the highest returns. Wayne describes them more as a safe and dependable strategy than the highest-return strategy available. For someone wanting a relatively straightforward long-term rental property, that can be exactly what they need. #2: Edmonton Townhouses Edmonton townhouses remain one of Wayne's favourite opportunities. He has been buying them for years. His students are buying them. And he believes the opportunity still exists today. A major advantage is accessibility. A typical Edmonton townhouse may sell for approximately $200,000 to $220,000. At 20% down, that means an investor may need approximately: $40,000 to $44,000 for the down payment. Compare that with a suited house requiring closer to $100,000 or a development requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars. That lower entry point makes townhouses accessible to far more investors. Why Wayne Likes Townhouses So Much Wayne says the returns he has achieved on carefully selected Edmonton townhouses have been exceptional when combining: Appreciation Mortgage paydown Cash flow Some properties were purchased for approximately $160,000 and are now worth well over $200,000. On certain investments, Wayne says the combined return relative to the original invested capital has exceeded 100%. That does NOT mean every Edmonton townhouse will produce those results. The complex matters. The neighbourhood matters. The condo corporation matters. The purchase price matters. Due diligence matters. The property still needs to be selected properly. But Wayne believes investors continue to overlook the strategy because it does not sound as impressive as owning a large apartment building. Residential vs Multifamily One of Wayne's messages throughout the weekend was: Residential and multifamily are apples and oranges. Multifamily is not automatically the "next level." Residential is not automatically beginner investing. Some multifamily deals will outperform residential deals. Some residential deals will dramatically outperform multifamily deals. The correct comparison is the actual investment. Capital required. Cash flow. Risk. Return. Financing. Management. Exit options. Potential appreciation. Wayne believes investors sometimes chase multifamily because it feels bigger rather than because the actual numbers are better. #3: Edmonton Garden Suites The third major opportunity is multi-unit garden suites. This strategy requires considerably more capital and sophistication. Wayne and Gabby are currently developing multi-unit garden suites behind existing Edmonton houses. Instead of demolishing the original house, they retain it and build additional residential units on the property. The finished property can then potentially operate more like a multifamily asset. The strategy combines: An existing house. Newly created units. New rental income. Value creation through development. And potentially an income-based appraisal upon completion. Creating Hundreds of Thousands in Equity Wayne says their current garden-suite developments are projected to create substantial equity upon completion. Depending on the individual property, he discusses potential value creation in the range of approximately: $250,000 to $400,000 The strategy may also allow them to refinance the completed property and recover a significant portion, and potentially all, of the original invested capital. The remaining property then continues operating as a cash-flowing asset. This is effectively a development version of the BRRRR strategy. But Wayne emphasizes that this is considerably more complicated than simply buying a townhouse or suited house. Execution matters. Financing matters. Development costs matter. Property selection matters. Appraisal methodology matters. And investors need enough capital to complete the project. The Window of Opportunity Is Closing Wayne has been discussing Edmonton's investment window for several years. His view remains that Edmonton prices are still relatively affordable compared with the rents certain properties can produce. But that relationship will not last forever. Prices have been increasing. Certain rents are now softening. And eventually the rent-to-price ratio will become less attractive. Wayne believes Edmonton is already partway through that window. The goal is not to panic-buy. The goal is to recognize opportunities while the fundamentals still work. Buying the Property Is Only the Beginning One of Gabby's strongest messages from the weekend came during their property and asset management presentation. Investors spend enormous amounts of time learning: How to find a deal. How to analyze it. How to negotiate it. How to finance it. How to close it. But ownership can last 20 years. The acquisition may take a few weeks. The management lasts decades. Gabby's point: Once you take possession, how you manage the property ultimately determines your profits. A fantastic deal can become a terrible investment through poor management. You Can Self-Manage a Large Portfolio Wayne and Gabby also challenged the idea that investors automatically need a professional property manager as their portfolio grows. They have self-managed their rental portfolio remotely since they started. That does not mean personally doing everything. It means building systems. Communication systems. Maintenance systems. Inspection systems. Rent collection systems. Renewal systems. Contractor systems. Bookkeeping systems. Documentation systems. Then, as the portfolio grows, specific tasks can be delegated. Wayne and Gabby now use an assistant for portions of the communication and administration. But the assistant operates inside systems they created. That distinction matters. Trust the System Wayne describes seeing rental-property emails during the REIcon weekend and barely registering them. Years ago, those issues might have consumed his attention. Today, he trusts the system. That allows him to focus on: Acquisitions. Developments. New businesses. Joint ventures. Raising capital. Family. And everything else requiring his attention. That is the real purpose of systems. Not simply organization. Freedom. Remote Property Management Course – 50% Off This Week Following the response to their REIcon presentation, Gabby is offering a temporary 50% discount on the REI Masters Remote Property Management Course. The course teaches the systems Wayne and Gabby use to manage their rental portfolio remotely. The eight-module course covers how to create a property-management operation that does not require the owner to personally attend every showing, inspection, maintenance call or tenant issue. Visit: www.reimasters.ca Use discount code: 50OFF for 50% off during the promotional period discussed on today's show. The Main Lesson Buying a great property matters. But buying the property is only the beginning. A great acquisition with terrible management can still become a terrible investment. The goal is to: Buy correctly. Finance correctly. Manage correctly. Build systems. And hold great properties for the long term. That is how real estate becomes a wealth-building business instead of a series of transactions. REI Masters Mentorship Work directly with Wayne and Gabby on acquisitions, financing, market selection, due diligence, joint ventures, property management, BRRRR strategies and building a profitable Canadian real estate portfolio. www.reimasters.ca The 5% Rule™ Learn Wayne Hillier's framework for evaluating rental-property cash flow. Search The 5% Rule by Wayne Hillier on Amazon. Watch the Morning Show Join Wayne and Gabby every weekday morning at 7:00 AM Mountain Time on YouTube. Follow Wayne Hillier – Real Estate Investing Coach on YouTube. Questions: info@reimorningshow.com Upcoming Event REI Masters Annual Retreat Edmonton, Alberta October 17–18, 2026 www.reimasters.ca Sponsors Calvin Realty – Edmonton Investor-Focused Realtor Team www.calvinrealty.ca Finngo Bookkeeping & Tax Specialized bookkeeping and tax services for Canadian real estate investors. www.finngo.com/rei Kirkwood & Brennan Mortgage Group Investor-focused mortgage planning for Canadian real estate investors. www.kbmortgages.ca keaton@kbmortgages.ca

CFO and Member of FEI Dallas Mark Dendle joins the FEI Podcast to discuss the frameworks that have guided his career leading financial transformations across public companies, private equity-backed businesses, and family-owned enterprises. Dendle shares his approach to acquisition integration, his ABC method for prioritizing competing initiatives, why compensation must align with the outcomes an organization wants, and how AI tools like Claude are turning days of work into minutes for finance teams. He also discusses the responsibility financial leaders have to develop their people through periods of rapid technological change.Special Guest: Mark Dendle.

The Best Real Estate Investing Advice From REIcon 2026 REIcon 2026 is officially over. After a packed weekend of presentations, panels, live coaching, deal analysis and conversations with investors from across Canada, Wayne and Gabby are back on the Canadian Real Estate Investing Morning Show sharing some of the best advice they gave from the stage. In today's episode, they recap several of the biggest lessons from the weekend, including a creative way to negotiate inspection repairs, the three real estate opportunities Wayne believes are strongest in Edmonton right now, why residential real estate should not automatically be considered inferior to multifamily, and why buying the property is only the beginning. One of the biggest messages from the weekend: You don't make all your money when you buy the property. How you manage that property afterward determines what you actually keep. Don't Leave an Event Without What You Came For Wayne's final advice before leaving REIcon on Saturday was simple. If you paid to attend an educational event and still have a question preventing you from taking action, do not leave without getting it answered. Find the person who knows. Ask the expert. Talk to the lender. Talk to the lawyer. Talk to the investor. Talk to the contractor. The entire point of attending an event like REIcon is to leave with more clarity than you arrived with. Monday morning eventually comes. Motivation fades. What matters is whether you actually learned something that allows you to take the next step. A Creative Way to Negotiate Inspection Repairs One of Gabby's favourite conversations happened Friday night. An investor had a property under contract. The numbers worked. He liked the property. Then the home inspection revealed several repairs. The seller did not want to reduce the price or complete the work. The investor was considering walking away because every additional dollar he personally invested into repairs would reduce his return on investment. Gabby suggested a different approach. Instead of asking the seller to lower the purchase price: Increase it. Then require the seller to complete the repairs before closing. Why? Because the increased purchase price may allow more of the total acquisition cost to be incorporated into the mortgage financing, while the seller uses the additional proceeds to complete the required work. The seller can potentially walk away with roughly the same net amount. The buyer avoids funding the entire repair bill separately out of pocket. And the deal may stay together. It will not work in every transaction and needs to make sense with the lender, appraisal and contract structure, but it demonstrates an important investing principle: Price is only one part of a negotiation. Stop Obsessing Only Over Purchase Price Investors often become fixated on negotiating the lowest possible purchase price. But the better question is: How do I structure the entire transaction so the investment works? Price. Repairs. Closing date. Financing. Conditions. Credits. Terms. Possession. All of these can matter. Sometimes paying slightly more for the property can actually create a better investment if the overall structure reduces the amount of additional cash you need to contribute. The Three Edmonton Opportunities Wayne Highlighted at REIcon During Saturday morning's live Morning Show, Wayne shared the three opportunities he currently believes are among the strongest in Edmonton: Legal suited houses Edmonton townhouses Multi-unit garden suites Each opportunity serves a different investor. Different capital. Different experience. Different risk tolerance. Different return expectations. There is no single asset class that is automatically superior to everything else. #1: Legal Suited Houses If somebody forced Wayne to choose a straightforward Edmonton rental property for an investor with limited experience, he would choose a legal suited house. Why? They are relatively simple. They have diversified rental income. They serve a broad tenant base. They tend to be resilient. And Wayne believes they are difficult to completely mess up if they are purchased properly. The trade-off? They may not produce the highest returns. Wayne describes them more as a safe and dependable strategy than the highest-return strategy available. For someone wanting a relatively straightforward long-term rental property, that can be exactly what they need. #2: Edmonton Townhouses Edmonton townhouses remain one of Wayne's favourite opportunities. He has been buying them for years. His students are buying them. And he believes the opportunity still exists today. A major advantage is accessibility. A typical Edmonton townhouse may sell for approximately $200,000 to $220,000. At 20% down, that means an investor may need approximately: $40,000 to $44,000 for the down payment. Compare that with a suited house requiring closer to $100,000 or a development requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars. That lower entry point makes townhouses accessible to far more investors. Why Wayne Likes Townhouses So Much Wayne says the returns he has achieved on carefully selected Edmonton townhouses have been exceptional when combining: Appreciation Mortgage paydown Cash flow Some properties were purchased for approximately $160,000 and are now worth well over $200,000. On certain investments, Wayne says the combined return relative to the original invested capital has exceeded 100%. That does NOT mean every Edmonton townhouse will produce those results. The complex matters. The neighbourhood matters. The condo corporation matters. The purchase price matters. Due diligence matters. The property still needs to be selected properly. But Wayne believes investors continue to overlook the strategy because it does not sound as impressive as owning a large apartment building. Residential vs Multifamily One of Wayne's messages throughout the weekend was: Residential and multifamily are apples and oranges. Multifamily is not automatically the "next level." Residential is not automatically beginner investing. Some multifamily deals will outperform residential deals. Some residential deals will dramatically outperform multifamily deals. The correct comparison is the actual investment. Capital required. Cash flow. Risk. Return. Financing. Management. Exit options. Potential appreciation. Wayne believes investors sometimes chase multifamily because it feels bigger rather than because the actual numbers are better. #3: Edmonton Garden Suites The third major opportunity is multi-unit garden suites. This strategy requires considerably more capital and sophistication. Wayne and Gabby are currently developing multi-unit garden suites behind existing Edmonton houses. Instead of demolishing the original house, they retain it and build additional residential units on the property. The finished property can then potentially operate more like a multifamily asset. The strategy combines: An existing house. Newly created units. New rental income. Value creation through development. And potentially an income-based appraisal upon completion. Creating Hundreds of Thousands in Equity Wayne says their current garden-suite developments are projected to create substantial equity upon completion. Depending on the individual property, he discusses potential value creation in the range of approximately: $250,000 to $400,000 The strategy may also allow them to refinance the completed property and recover a significant portion, and potentially all, of the original invested capital. The remaining property then continues operating as a cash-flowing asset. This is effectively a development version of the BRRRR strategy. But Wayne emphasizes that this is considerably more complicated than simply buying a townhouse or suited house. Execution matters. Financing matters. Development costs matter. Property selection matters. Appraisal methodology matters. And investors need enough capital to complete the project. The Window of Opportunity Is Closing Wayne has been discussing Edmonton's investment window for several years. His view remains that Edmonton prices are still relatively affordable compared with the rents certain properties can produce. But that relationship will not last forever. Prices have been increasing. Certain rents are now softening. And eventually the rent-to-price ratio will become less attractive. Wayne believes Edmonton is already partway through that window. The goal is not to panic-buy. The goal is to recognize opportunities while the fundamentals still work. Buying the Property Is Only the Beginning One of Gabby's strongest messages from the weekend came during their property and asset management presentation. Investors spend enormous amounts of time learning: How to find a deal. How to analyze it. How to negotiate it. How to finance it. How to close it. But ownership can last 20 years. The acquisition may take a few weeks. The management lasts decades. Gabby's point: Once you take possession, how you manage the property ultimately determines your profits. A fantastic deal can become a terrible investment through poor management. You Can Self-Manage a Large Portfolio Wayne and Gabby also challenged the idea that investors automatically need a professional property manager as their portfolio grows. They have self-managed their rental portfolio remotely since they started. That does not mean personally doing everything. It means building systems. Communication systems. Maintenance systems. Inspection systems. Rent collection systems. Renewal systems. Contractor systems. Bookkeeping systems. Documentation systems. Then, as the portfolio grows, specific tasks can be delegated. Wayne and Gabby now use an assistant for portions of the communication and administration. But the assistant operates inside systems they created. That distinction matters. Trust the System Wayne describes seeing rental-property emails during the REIcon weekend and barely registering them. Years ago, those issues might have consumed his attention. Today, he trusts the system. That allows him to focus on: Acquisitions. Developments. New businesses. Joint ventures. Raising capital. Family. And everything else requiring his attention. That is the real purpose of systems. Not simply organization. Freedom. Remote Property Management Course – 50% Off This Week Following the response to their REIcon presentation, Gabby is offering a temporary 50% discount on the REI Masters Remote Property Management Course. The course teaches the systems Wayne and Gabby use to manage their rental portfolio remotely. The eight-module course covers how to create a property-management operation that does not require the owner to personally attend every showing, inspection, maintenance call or tenant issue. Visit: www.reimasters.ca Use discount code: 50OFF for 50% off during the promotional period discussed on today's show. The Main Lesson Buying a great property matters. But buying the property is only the beginning. A great acquisition with terrible management can still become a terrible investment. The goal is to: Buy correctly. Finance correctly. Manage correctly. Build systems. And hold great properties for the long term. That is how real estate becomes a wealth-building business instead of a series of transactions. REI Masters Mentorship Work directly with Wayne and Gabby on acquisitions, financing, market selection, due diligence, joint ventures, property management, BRRRR strategies and building a profitable Canadian real estate portfolio. www.reimasters.ca The 5% Rule™ Learn Wayne Hillier's framework for evaluating rental-property cash flow. Search The 5% Rule by Wayne Hillier on Amazon. Watch the Morning Show Join Wayne and Gabby every weekday morning at 7:00 AM Mountain Time on YouTube. Follow Wayne Hillier – Real Estate Investing Coach on YouTube. Questions: info@reimorningshow.com Upcoming Event REI Masters Annual Retreat Edmonton, Alberta October 17–18, 2026 www.reimasters.ca Sponsors Calvin Realty – Edmonton Investor-Focused Realtor Team www.calvinrealty.ca Finngo Bookkeeping & Tax Specialized bookkeeping and tax services for Canadian real estate investors. www.finngo.com/rei Kirkwood & Brennan Mortgage Group Investor-focused mortgage planning for Canadian real estate investors. www.kbmortgages.ca keaton@kbmortgages.ca

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Send us Fan MailAhead of the Museum Open Day on Saturday 12th September, Col Andy Taylor and Rev Paul Roberts meet in the museum to look at items recently donated or acquired for the museum.They begin with a First World War brass bugle issued to the Herefordshire Regiment's Supplementary Company - made up of old Territorial soldiers who were too old to fight overseas.  Our pair examine the role of the Supplementary Company including guarding German civil internees on the Isle of Man.Two new weapons have been acquired from the Royal Air Force Museum's reserve collection and will be on show in our museum cases for our open day.  The advantages and disadvantages of the Mark II Sten gun are discussed.  This weapon was used widely during the Second World War by British and Commonwealth units as well as by resistance fighters on the continent.  Men of the Herefordshire Regiment used this weapon in the liberation of North-West Europe in 1944 and 1945; unfortunately with the result of several casualties within the regiment itself.The Stirling sub-machine gun, the Sten's successor is also examined and finds its place in our post-war display case.  Often issued to tank crews, radio operators and others working in confined spaces, it was popular on exercise as it was much lighter than the  L1A1 Self Loading Rifle to carry, even if it was far less accurate!Finally, inside a pig skin case is a platoon "bible" compiled by Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Poppleton Lloyd, a Leominster solicitor, listing all the men in his platoon that he took to Gallipoli in July 1915.  There are fascinating details, including everything from hat size to home addresses, pay and allowances.  Our pair discuss the important role pastoral role played by platoon officers and Lloyd's wartime career - being evacuated from both Gallipoli and later Egypt and his attachment to the 1st Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI).  He was captured by German forces on the first day of the Spring Offensive in March 1918, along with Andy and Paul's ancestor Charles Percy Taylor.If you are around on 12th September and would like to visit the museum, call along to Suvla Barracks, Harold Street, Hereford, HR1 2QX.  We are open as part of the National Heritage Open Day Scheme on Saturday 12 September from 1030hrs until 1500hrs .Support the showIf you like what you hear, don't forget to like and subscribe to help us reach a wider audience. Visit our website - Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum; follow us on Facebook Herefordshire Regimental Museum | Facebook or visit our Youtube channel Herefordshire Regimental Museum - YouTube.Support the Museum?  Become a Patreon supporter or a Become a FriendTheme Tune - The Lincolnshire Poacher, performed by the outstanding Haverhill Silver Band.This podcast generously supported by the Army Museums Ogilby Trust.

Karl Hughes is the CEO of The Podcast Consultant, a podcast production company that helps business and financial industry experts build authority and generate long-term value through audio and video content. He also serves as CEO of Rise25, where he helps B2B companies generate clients, referrals, and strategic partnerships through podcasts, and is the Founder of Draft.dev, a developer content agency he launched in 2020. Karl also hosts Retained Trust, a podcast featuring conversations with digital service entrepreneurs about building, scaling, and selling successful service agencies. In this episode… Acquiring an agency can accelerate growth, but a successful deal requires far more than finding a profitable business and agreeing on a price. Buyers must evaluate the people, financials, positioning, and long-term fit while preserving the strengths that made the company valuable in the first place. What does it take to make an agency acquisition work well beyond the closing table? For Karl Hughes, a former software engineer turned multi-business entrepreneur and experienced agency acquirer, the strongest deals are built on trust, careful due diligence, and post-acquisition patience. He highlights the importance of choosing a buyer or seller you can work with throughout diligence, transition, and any long-term payout structure, rather than focusing solely on the biggest number. Buyers also need the discipline to observe before making major changes, since established teams, processes, and client relationships may already be working well. As acquisition experience grows, criteria can become more flexible, allowing buyers to recognize opportunities in companies with solid revenue or leadership even when the financials are not perfect. Karl also emphasizes the value of sharpening a company's positioning after acquisition by identifying where it already succeeds and doubling down on that niche. In this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast, Dr. Jeremy Weisz sits down with Karl Hughes, CEO of The Podcast Consultant, to discuss smarter agency acquisitions. They explore building trust with sellers, refining acquisition criteria, and positioning acquired companies for growth. Karl also shares how to integrate businesses without disrupting what already works.

In This Episode Sometimes the fastest way to grow a business isn't to build the next piece from scratch. It's to acquire a business that already has it. In this episode, Adi Klevit interviews recurring guest Erika Baez-Grimes about scaling through acquisition. Erika explains why an owner with a strong business and years of growth ahead should consider whether buying a competitor or complementary company could accelerate the journey. Instead of spending significant time and money entering a new market from zero, an acquisition can provide existing revenue, customers, employees, capabilities, and infrastructure from day one. Adi and Erika discuss examples ranging from HVAC companies acquiring plumbing businesses to professional service firms acquiring retiring competitors' books of business. But acquiring the company is only the beginning. Once the transaction closes, the buyer needs to determine which processes, systems, and practices should remain, which should change, and how the two organizations will operate together. Erika emphasizes assembling the right deal team early, including financial, legal, M&A, and process expertise that can support both the transaction and post-acquisition integration. They also explore where acquisitions can go wrong. Cutting corners on due diligence, failing to obtain the right financial information, moving into an unfamiliar industry without a compelling reason, or assuming one company's culture and systems will automatically transfer to another can create significant problems. The goal isn't simply to buy another company. It's to acquire something that strategically fits the existing business and then integrate the people, processes, and systems in a way that creates greater value.  

This episode we are joined by Mr. Toby McKenna - CEO of Rockpoint Gas Storage - a TSX listed gas storage company with a total equity value of ~$3.4 billion. Mr. McKenna is the Chief Executive Officer at Rockpoint responsible for the management and performance of the corporation's storage and retail distribution assets. He brings to Rockpoint Gas Storage over 30 years of experience in the energy industry with leadership roles across a wide spectrum of disciplines including gas storage and marketing, midstream operations, energy trading, business development and Acquisitions and Divestitures. From 2014 to 2020 he was cofounder of Tidewater Midstream Ltd. where he served in multiple roles including Director, President and CEO, Vice President of Business Development & Commercial and most recently as President, Midstream. From 2010 to 2014, he was Vice President, Natural Gas Trading for Castleton Commodities Canada and prior thereto was cofounder of its predecessor, Louis Dreyfus Energy Canada in 2003.Mr. McKenna obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration from Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia (1994). Among other things we learned about Building North America's #1 Independent Gas Storage Company.Enjoy.Newsletter: Subscribe HereThank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsRemote Power Corp-*This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only, and is not intended as investment advice. Please do your own research, and consult professionals directly before making any investment decisions.Support the show

Plus: Treasury yields climb to new highs. And Apple shares are little changed as the company announces a foldable iPhone. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If you are ready to level up personally and professionally, go to joinrbo.comMost entrepreneurs think growth means starting something new. Sometimes, the fastest way to grow is to buy what's already working.In this solo episode, Rick Trimmer breaks down the 19 businesses he has started, bought, acquired, merged, or invested in throughout his career—and the lessons each one taught him about building wealth, scaling companies, and finding new opportunities.From starting his first service business at 25 to building a portfolio of companies operated by multiple CEOs, Rick explains why he increasingly turned to acquisitions to gain customers, equipment, inventory, capabilities, and—most importantly—great people.Rick also shares what he learned from losing everything at 31, why business owners choose to sell, how acquisitions can create win-win outcomes for buyers and sellers, and the importance of structuring partnerships correctly from the beginning. If you're interested in acquiring businesses or building a portfolio that doesn't require you to run every operation yourself, this episode is packed with lessons worth paying attention to.In This Episode You'll Learn:Why buying an existing business can be smarter than starting from scratch.The lessons Rick learned from losing everything at 31.How acquisitions can help you enter new markets and accelerate growth.Why the people you acquire can be more valuable than the business itself.How to identify struggling businesses that could become growth opportunities.Why business owners may sell because they want support—not because they want to walk away.The importance of clearly defined agreements when entering partnerships.How to structure businesses so you aren't trapped running the day-to-day operations.Why due diligence and accurate valuation can make or break an acquisition.How to build a portfolio of businesses without becoming the bottleneck in every company.

What did you think of this episode?I think we can all agree that our societies are struggling to thrive amidst today's relational chaos. In Make Families Great Again, Dr. Mel Tavares offers insight into getting back on track. And she has great tips for writers.Welcome to Your Best Writing Life, an extension of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference held in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. I'm your host, Linda Goldfarb. Each week, I bring tips and strategies from writing and publishing industry experts to help you excel in your craft. It's great to have you listening in. In this episode, we explore the story behind Make Families Great Again.Dr. Mel Tavares is an award-winning author of books, articles, devotionals, and short stories. She is the Acquisitions and Managing Editor of Arise Daily, the award-winning devotional and ministry of the Advanced Writers & Speakers Association. Mel and her husband reside in Middletown, CT, and are parents to seven adult children and eleven grandchildren ranging in age from two to twenty.We all want to know the story behind Make Families Great Again – give us some backgroundMake Families Great Again is a non-fiction book and first-place winner in the parenting/relationship category at the 2026 Christian Indie Awards. Equipping parents and grandparents by helping decode what is happening in today's youth culture.Today's Christian families are facing crises in their homes. Parents are taking kids to church and raising them with Biblical values, yet ‘losing' their kids to the world. I've worked with families for 40 years and did my doctoral work on the topic. Because of the crisis, I felt compelled to write a resource to help families. Writer's tips. 1.     Do adequate research for your topic and cite sources. I recommend using a variety of sources to build credibility. 2.     Use Scrivener as a platform to organize, whether writing fiction or non-fiction. This is also where you can store research material, notes, graphics, etc. 3.     Write down all of your random ideas and observations. Not every thought or idea is appropriate for a book, but might be a great option for a shorter piece such as a devotion, article, or short story.  What Listeners Will Gain - As writers, we are also parents, grandparents, or extended family members. We all care about what is happening in youth culture and how it affects Christian families. This book offers the understanding, action steps, and resources you need to strengthen the family unit and protect youth from the societal woes they face.You can find out more about Dr. Mel in our show notes.SOCIAL LINKS:Website: https://www.drmeltavares.com/Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/mel.j.tavares/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmeltavares/Amazon Author: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B089T8FFR1?ingress=0&visitId=ca74d834-d79c-480c-9570-98bdeb7ec229&ccs_id=a2955576-3d4d-45a7-aa62-392f042ae2f7Visit Your Best Writing Life website.Join our Facebook group, Your Best Writing LifeYour host - Linda Goldfarb#4 Podcast 2026 "Million Podcasts Top 30 Christian Writers Podcasts"#1 Podcast 2024 "Top 50+ Must-Have Tools and Resources for Christian Writers.Awarded the Spark Media 2023 Fan Favorites Best Solo PodcastAwarded the Spark Media 2022 Most Binge-Worthy Podcast

******** Listen on your favorite podcast app using pod.link.     . View the podcast at the bottom of this post or on our YouTube Channel. Follow us on Social and never miss an update! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarfcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarfcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/todays-machining-world Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwswarfblog ************* Link to Graff-Pinkert's Acquisitions and Sales promotion! My guest today, Doug Rizzo, has been working in machine shops for over 55 years, and he’s only 62. Doug worked in his father’s company through good times and terrible, and did applications for Doosan. Now, he’s a plant manager by day and runs his own shop for six or seven hours at night. Doug says he loves all of it, from doing applications, to making fixtures, to cleaning oil off machines. He says it’s where he’s meant to be. It’s where he finds flow. Machinist Since Age 6 Doug Rizzo’s father owned a machine shop. He started on drill presses and Bridgeports at six. At nine he was running an NC-controlled lathe. Summer vacations, weekends, snow days. He was with his dad in the shop, Madison Sprocket and Gear. They ran Acmes, Brown & Sharpes, Wickmans. Many of those machines came from Graff-Pinkert, long before Doug and I ever spoke. Day job, night job Today Doug owns Franklin Lakes Machine, a contract shop with six CNCs in Englewood, New Jersey, ten minutes outside midtown Manhattan. By day he’s plant manager at Lentron Corporation, which makes components for elevators and escalators. At night he does what he calls a Clark Kent costume change and goes to his own shop to get parts out for next-day delivery. Weekends he’s around the New York metro doing applications and setups for other shops. He’s also helped a lot of guys get their own shops off the ground, applications and quoting and tooling, what his father called training wheels. When people ask if he’s arming his competitors, he says there’s enough pie for everybody to have a slice and you can come back for seconds. For now, the day job pays the salary and the insurance, and his own shop is the gravy. He never has to chase a raise. And if he’s tired, he doesn’t go in. The shop he didn’t get Doug worked for his father for about 30 years. Half a career in one building, and he always assumed he’d take it over. His father had a partner, one of Doug’s uncles. After Doug’s mother died, his father didn’t plan for what came next, and someone else came into the picture who didn’t see the business the way Doug did. The business closed in 2009 after roughly 48 years. Doug had power of attorney, so he took two CNC lathes he’d personally uncrated new and never wrecked, and paid a few dollars for them so his father’s partner wouldn’t be short. Then he put them in storage and went to get educated. For three and a half years he took short assignments on purpose. Six months here, six months there. Swiss machines in a medical shop. Boring mills in Pennsylvania. A packaging machinery builder. He was upfront with every one of them about what he was doing and nobody minded. In 2012 he went to Doosan as an applications engineer, and a number of those same shops became Doosan customers he’d walk in and get running. Where he’s supposed to be When there’s no work at his shop, Doug goes in anyway. He wipes down the machines and the toolboxes and sweeps the floor. He calls the shop solace. The sights, the sounds, the smells don’t change from one shop to the next, so walking into any of them feels like walking home. In his office he keeps a coffee maker, the cam software he’s teaching himself, the rocking chair his mother rocked him in, and a photo collage from his father’s 60th birthday. I asked him why he loves it this much. “I’m supposed to be there.” The post The Machinist with Purpose, with Doug Rizzo-EP 273 appeared first on Today's Machining World.

In this episode of The Private Equity Podcast, Alex Rawlings speaks with Paul Golden, an experienced CEO, private equity investor, and operating partner with nine private equity-backed exits and more than 20 add-on acquisitions.Paul shares lessons from operating, investing, and leading PE-backed businesses, including why speed matters when building the right leadership team, how to identify strong executives, and what separates successful acquisitions from deals that destroy value.The conversation explores the danger of “deal fever,” the importance of knowing when to walk away from an acquisition, and why delighted customers, strong management teams, and clear growth pathways are critical indicators of a quality investment.Paul also explains the challenges of changing deeply embedded founder-led cultures, how to approach add-on acquisition integration, and the practical actions that helped generate more than $150 million in free cash flow in one manufacturing business.Finally, Paul discusses why PE-backed executives need the confidence to make mistakes, take ownership, and communicate openly with their boards.Key Highlights00:00 – Paul Golden's BackgroundFrom senior public-company leadership to private equity investing, operating partner roles, CEO positions, and nine PE-backed exits.01:29 – The Biggest PE Leadership MistakeWhy private equity firms need to make faster decisions about whether the right management team is in place.03:21 – Identifying the Right ExecutivesThe importance of leaders who are confident enough to be challenged by their teams and boards.04:44 – What Paul Looks for in Executive InterviewsWhy candidates who openly discuss mistakes, take responsibility, and explain what they learned often make stronger leaders.07:05 – The Hardest CEO DecisionsWhy firing customers or exiting customer segments can sometimes be harder than changing the management team.08:28 – What Drives Successful PE ExitsDelighted customers, strong management, and clear opportunities for growth.11:14 – Lessons From Exit One to Exit NineAvoiding deal fever, strengthening diligence, and making critical decisions faster during the first 18–24 months.14:26 – Changing Founder-Led CulturesThe challenges of accelerating decision-making in businesses shaped by the same founder for decades.17:28 – Who Stays and Who Goes Post-AcquisitionHow to identify advocates for change, potential resistors, and leadership team members who can adapt.20:55 – Lessons From 20+ Add-On AcquisitionsWhy cultural fit becomes increasingly important as the size of an add-on grows.24:41 – Generating $150M+ in Free Cash FlowUsing lean principles, customer value, SKU rationalisation, inventory reduction, and process improvement to unlock cash.29:56 – The Essential Skill for PE-Backed CXOsHaving the confidence to make decisions, admit mistakes, own the outcome, and explain what comes next.31:53 – Leadership Frameworks That Shaped PaulLean Thinking, the Danaher Business System, Good to Great, and Michael Porter's Five Forces.34:55 – Connecting With PaulPaul shares how listeners can reach him after the episode.Raw Selection partners with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies to secure exceptional executive talent. We focus on de-risking executive recruitment through meticulous search and selection processes, ensuring top-tier performance and long-term success.

What's the biggest headache in your real estate business right now?For many investors, the answer is simple: they're trying to do everything themselves.In this clip, Bob Lachance, founder and CEO of REVA Global, explains how real estate investors can use virtual assistants to systemize their businesses, eliminate bottlenecks, and free up their time for higher-value activities.Instead of simply saying, “I need a VA,” Bob recommends identifying the biggest pain point in your business first. From there, you can build a system around that specific problem and outsource the right tasks.For real estate investors, that could mean:• Lead generation and lead management• Acquisitions and property analysis• Social media and content• Tenant calls and property management tasks• Bookkeeping and accounting• Move-ins, move-outs, collections, and maintenance• Using AI to streamline repetitive tasksThe goal isn't simply to hire someone. It's to build systems that allow your business to operate more efficiently and give you back your time.As your portfolio grows, your ability to delegate and systemize becomes increasingly important.What's the biggest task you would outsource in your real estate business?

What does it take to grow a multi-brand hospitality company without losing what made each restaurant special in the first place? In Episode 228 of On The Delo, Delo sits down with Jimmy Herrera and Bill Toole, owners of POV Foods, the group behind Red, White & Brew, Swizzle Inn, Rusty Spur Saloon, 32 Shea, and Lakeside Bar & Grill.Bill and Jimmy both spent decades at Peter Piper Pizza before Bill co-founded POV Foods in 2014 with Rex Moffett. Jimmy joined as the third owner in 2019 to help lead the acquisition and growth of Red, White & Brew. They walk through how the team evaluates new brands to acquire, why they treat Rusty Spur and Swizzle Inn as “one of ones” while scaling Red, White & Brew and 32 Shea, and how a proactive target list keeps them ready when the right opportunity comes along.The conversation also covers empowering teams without red tape, balancing data-driven menu decisions with dietary needs, and the personal routines that keep both leaders grounded while running a company of 270+ employees. If you're building or scaling a multi-location hospitality business, this episode is full of practical insight you can use.Chapter Guide (Timestamps)(0:14 - 1:04) Welcome Back and Meet Jimmy Herrera & Bill Toole(1:21 - 2:14) Red, White & Brew: Mesa and Prescott Locations(2:28 - 3:09) The Prescott Opportunity and Bill's Grill(3:09 - 4:11) Origin Stories: From Pistol Pete's to Peter Piper Pizza(4:11 - 5:40) Founding POV Foods and Jimmy Joining as Third Owner(5:40 - 7:01) Acquiring Red, White & Brew and the Kitchen Remodel(7:01 - 9:05) Splitting the Roles: Finance, Acquisitions, and Innovation(9:05 - 10:47) Empowerment Culture and Growing to 270+ Employees(10:47 - 12:46) The Brand Portfolio as an “Indie Record Label”(12:46 - 14:12) Favorite Restaurants and Repeat Customer Rates(15:31 - 16:33) Marketing: TV, Socials, and Word of Mouth(19:03 - 19:36) Lessons from “Unreasonable Hospitality”(20:45 - 23:55) Data-Driven Menus and Dietary Needs(24:13 - 26:43) Morning Routines and New Puppies(27:17 - 29:24) Team Culture, Recognition, and Company Events(29:24 - 31:58) Non-Negotiables: Quiet Mornings and Daydreaming Time(32:26 - 35:05) Growth Strategy and the Proactive Target List(35:06 - 36:02) Where to Find POV Foods(36:02 - 38:16) Rapid Fire and Delo's Close

P.M. Edition for Sept. 3. WSJ reporter Robbie Whelan discusses how with its latest deal for AI platform Hugging Face, chip giant Nvidia is promoting open-weight AI models that compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. Plus, we're still two years away from the next presidential election, but some Republican hopefuls are already testing the waters. We hear from Journal White House correspondent Natalie Andrews about who may have President Trump's backing and how Senator Ted Cruz is going over with voters in Iowa. And feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at age 92. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of Poised for Exit, Andy Schwandt of True North Mergers & Acquisitions offers a preview of the 2026 M&A Summit, an annual event bringing together business owners and advisors for a day focused on preparing, positioning, and planning for successful business transitions.The conversation explores what attendees can expect from this year's Summit, including discussions around owner readiness, mitigating risk, and understanding what can go wrong during a transaction. Andy also shares why preparing a business well before an exit is on the immediate horizon matters, from reducing owner dependency and customer concentration to building the right team of advisors.Andy also previews several highlights from the 2026 M&A Summit, including keynote speaker Walter Bond, an economic update from Goldman Sachs, the Grow or Go panel, lessons from owner exit readiness, and the live QuietAuction™ experience, where private equity firms evaluate the same business and submit competing offers.Connect with Andy Schwandt hereLearn more about True North Mergers & Acquisitions hereLearn more and register for the 2026 M&A Summit here

https://donate.imaginationlibrary.com/Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and its impact on literacy, the controversy surrounding library funding, and the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes in school materials are the primary themes of the conversation. The episode also features new book releases and news stories related to library policies and acquisitions.New Releases:Starman: The Cosmic Voyage of David Bowie by Matthew Cordell (Ages 4-8)Quetzal's Labyrinth by Karla arenas Valenti (Ages 8-12)Absent by Rex Ogle, illus. By LJ-Baptiste (Ages 10-14)Blightfall by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson (Ages 12+)Wish You Well by Jamie Sumner (Ages 10+)Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist by Justine Pucella Winans (Ages 14+)TakeawaysDolly Parton's Imagination Library has had a significant positive impact on literacy and family reading habits.Controversies surrounding library funding and the inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes in school materials continue to be important topics in the literary world.Chapters00:00 Dolly Parton's Imagination Library05:29 New Book Releases17:32 Library Funding Controversy21:24 Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Themes in School Materials22:48 Library Policies and Acquisitions

Some excitement in the Milne kitchen this week. Kevin and his wife Linda have been dutifully collecting stickers for New World's promotion with Smeg, and this week they were able to pick up their first set of knives. He joined Jack Tame to chat about their new acquisitions, and debate whether or not they're really "free". LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of J.P. Morgan's Making Sense, Michael Johnson, Security and Resiliency Initiative lead for Energy and the U.S. Government, sits down with Ben Wilson, Co-head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions, and Andrew Castaldo, Co-head of Mid-Cap Mergers & Acquisitions, to weigh in on the future of global supply chains. Over the course of the conversation, they cover critical mineral supply chains, manufacturing bottlenecks, and the shift from just-in-time to just-in-case inventory.   If you'd like to learn more, you can visit jpmorgan.com/sri. This episode was recorded on March 4, 2026.  This material was prepared by certain personnel at the Investment Banking Group of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates and subsidiaries worldwide, and not the firm's research department. It is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase, sale, or tender of any financial instrument and does not constitute a commitment, undertaking offer, or solicitation by any JP Morgan Chase entity to extend or arrange credit or provide any other products or services to any person or entity. Copyright 2026, JPMorgan Chase & Co., all rights reserved.

What if you could beat a higher offer without paying more? Justin Butlion knows how. He’s completed five micro SaaS acquisitions, built a 10-app portfolio, and spends roughly three hours a week managing it. His biggest deal? $98,000 with 50% seller financing. And that’s where this gets interesting. Justin isn’t trying to outbid everyone. He’s learning how to become the buyer sellers want to choose. Move fast. Understand the seller. Know the industry. Structure the deal so it works for both sides. And seller financing? Justin calls it a powerful weapon. He reveals how he negotiated deals with financing at under 2% interest, why developers often make surprisingly motivated sellers, and how the right terms can let you acquire more without putting all your cash on the line. But the real edge starts before you make an offer. Justin breaks down exactly what he looks for in a micro SaaS: B2B customers, sticky recurring revenue, low churn, simple tech, built-in distribution, and minimal operational risk. He also walks through how he analyzes the SaaS funnel to spot opportunities that the headline numbers might completely miss. Then there’s the part most acquisition conversations skip. What happens after you buy? Justin gets brutally honest about cash flow getting squeezed by seller payments, the hidden cost of managing multiple small businesses, his costly lessons with U.S. business structures, and why bigger acquisitions may ultimately make more sense. Because the goal isn't to own the most businesses. It’s to build the most valuable portfolio without giving up your life in the process. If you’re buying micro SaaS, negotiating acquisitions, or looking for ways to win deals without simply offering the highest price, this conversation is packed with strategies you can actually use.

As major entertainment companies like Disney, Hulu, Netflix, and Spotify increasingly invest in video podcasts, the podcast industry is becoming an even bigger part of the streaming wars. In this episode, Travis and Eric discuss what these acquisitions mean for independent podcasters, why major companies may be willing to overpay for established shows, and how podcasters can build businesses and content that are attractive to potential buyers. They also explore the role of production quality, audience distribution, and the possibility of large-scale podcast rollups. On this episode we talk about: Why Disney, Hulu, Netflix, and other major streaming platforms are investing in video podcasts Why major companies may acquire successful podcasts for distribution and audience attention rather than sponsorship revenue How podcasters could position their shows to become attractive acquisition targets Whether high-end production quality can help independent podcasts attract better guests and grow their audiences The potential for companies to acquire portfolios of thousands of independent podcasts instead of spending massive amounts on individual celebrity shows Top 3 Takeaways Podcast acquisitions are about more than sponsorship revenue. Major media companies may be buying established podcasts primarily for their built-in audiences, distribution, and ability to compete for attention in the streaming market. Build something that has strategic value. If you're starting a podcast, creating content around an established entertainment franchise, industry, or audience could potentially make the show more attractive to companies that already own related intellectual property. Production quality can create opportunities, but content still matters most. A polished production can help attract high-profile guests, create better social clips, and make a show more appealing to streaming platforms—but great production alone won't make a podcast successful. The right content for the right audience is ultimately what matters. Notable Quotes “They're not acquiring the podcast for its sponsorship revenue potentially.” “All they're trying to do is win the attention war.” “It's probably going to be the right content for the right person that makes it successful.”Connect with Travis Chappell: Podcast: Travis Makes Money Website: https://travischappell.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/travischappell Other: https://instagram.com/travismakesmoneypod A Word from Our Sponsors: - The most successful business owners don't do it all themselves — they delegate. Upwork lets you build a team of highly skilled specialists for every function your business needs, so you can focus on what you do best and let experts handle the rest. Visit Upwork.com right now and post your job for free! - Go to Leesa.com for 30% OFF select mattresses (through September 13, 2026) PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code TMM, exclusive for my listeners Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Open your fridge and grab a beer without knocking anything else over. It’s usually not hard for a human to do it. But getting a robot to do the same task can take an engineer weeks or months. George Konidaris is a professor of computer science at Brown University, director of the Intelligent Robot Lab, and cofounder of Realtime Robotics. Their technology does that kind of motion planning in minutes instead of weeks, and it’s running on the manufacturing lines of major automakers right now. He was on the show three years ago, when the technology worked in the lab. A lot has changed. The company closed a 45 million dollar Series B and is cash flow positive. (Blog continues below video) ******** Listen on your favorite podcast app using pod.link.     . View the podcast at the bottom of this post or on our YouTube Channel. Follow us on Social and never miss an update! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarfcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarfcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/todays-machining-world Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwswarfblog ************* Link to Graff-Pinkert's Acquisitions and Sales promotion! ************* Main Points Grabbing a beer is harder than it looks Real Time came out of research George and his colleagues did on robot motion planning, which is how a robot decides on its own how to move without hitting anything. “There are many ways in which you could reach into your fridge and grab a beer where you would hit the fridge or a beer or knock something over and you don’t do any of those.” You solve that without thinking. For a robot it’s a hard computational problem, and the first paper posing it was written in 1979. What George and his collaborator found was a way to solve it in milliseconds instead of seconds or minutes. The original breakthrough needed a custom processor. It runs in software now. Robots are still stupid, but less so Last time he was on, he told me robots are stupid. I asked if that’s still true. They’re getting smarter and still stupid in surprising ways. Computer vision has genuinely improved. Put a robot in one room and ask it to find the door, then put it in a different room and ask again, and that works now. It used to be brittle. Two and a half years versus five Going from a car design to selling the first hundred thousand units takes an American or European automaker about five years. Chinese automakers do it in two and a half, regularly. The fastest Western car ever was the Tesla Model 3 at roughly three, and George points out that Tesla pre-sold the hundred thousand units and built the factory from scratch. He says the gap has almost nothing to do with robots. “It’s not that they’re using more robots, it’s not that they’re using less people. It’s that the design process of taking the car design and turning it into a factory that produces that car was not efficient.” Western manufacturers work sequentially. Design the car, finish it, then design the factory, then iterate on the work cells. Chinese manufacturers start designing the work cell as soon as the car sketch takes shape and accept that a lot of the work gets thrown out. There are already plenty of robots in traditional American plants. His point is they’re used the same way they were used thirty years ago, because those plants were designed thirty years ago. And established manufacturers aren’t building new plants. Every model means retooling an existing one, which he says is harder than building from nothing. The plan never works the first time This part will sound familiar to anyone who has watched a job go from print to spindle. The work cell gets designed in an office in CAD. Real Time runs the motion planning and tells them what performance to expect. Then it ships to commissioning, where somebody local assembles it with a screwdriver. “Of course it’s not exactly the same as the one in the CAD model. That’s never going to be exactly the same.” The robot moves a little differently than the one in the simulation. You run it and it doesn’t quite work. What changes is what happens next. Instead of bouncing it back to the engineer and waiting weeks, the person standing there adjusts it and reprograms in a few minutes. Will ChatGPT just do this? He gets asked constantly whether an LLM like ChatGPT or Claude will just solve motion planning. His answer is no. That kind of AI learns by studying huge piles of examples and producing something close to what it has seen. Nobody has a pile of examples of robots moving at the absolute edge of what they can do. And close isn’t the standard anyway. “You can’t like mostly not hit stuff. You have to always never hit stuff.” On a line where downtime costs tens of thousands of dollars a minute, a robot that crashes one percent of the time is not one you can install. George’s rule of automation in a factory I asked George what happens to the people in factories as this new technology comes in. He has a rule for it. The more repetitive and predictable a job is, the sooner a robot takes it. That’s why spot welding in a car plant is done by robots but a person still sticks in the cables. It’s why Amazon has machines carry the box to the packing station, but a person packs it, because nobody knows what’s going to be in the next tote. His timeline is slower than most of what you hear. Three to five years before factory design gets partly automated, with no change in what people do versus what robots do. Ten to fifteen years before jobs people do today start moving over. He doesn’t think it’s going to be fast or scary. Slow and incremental, and worth a lot. Serendipity at the MIT Press bookstore, December 8, 2000 For his twenty-first birthday, growing up in Johannesburg, George asked to visit America to look at grad schools. His sister took him. They went to Boston because he wanted to see MIT, and he wandered into the MIT Press bookstore, where his sister told him he could afford to buy one book. He found a book on AI and robotics. He remembers being there on December 8, 2000, because the book’s publication date was December 14. It was an MIT Press book, so the store had it early. He was one of the first few people to buy it. He read it on the flight home and decided he wanted to do a PhD in robotics. Years later he did his postdoc at MIT, and once a week he’d walk into that same bookstore and buy a book, because by then he could buy as many as he wanted. Question: Are you excited about more AI in your shop? The post This Robot Can Grab a Beer, with George Konidaris-EP 272 appeared first on Today's Machining World.

Andy and Jeff discuss the Guardians' current win streak and whether or not they think it's the team finally seeing some pay off from their acquisitions at the deadline.

Please check out this entire series-arc, re-written, expanded, & re-recorded as of Aug 2026:- Ep. 306: Dead Men Tell No Tales: https://megaphone.link/ARML5251369441- Ep. 307: Murders & Acquisitions, Mostly: https://megaphone.link/ARML6215286599 - Ep. 308: The Shadow State: https://megaphone.link/ARML7890860851 Bottled up in Tung Chung Bay, subsisting for three weeks on caterpillars & boiled rice, the largest pirate fleet in the history of the world meets six Portuguese ships and the arithmetic that finishes it. What follows is the biggest criminal amnesty the world had yet seen, and a question very few pirates ever get to ask themselves: what does a cutthroat do with retirement? Time Period Covered: 1809–1844 CE Major Historical Figures: Red Flag Confederation: Zheng Yi Sao (AKA Ching Shih, née Shi Yang), Commander of the Red Flag Confederation [1775–1844]Zhang Baozai (Cheung Po Tsai), Fleet Commander of the Red Flags, later Qing navy vice-commander at Penghu [1783–1822]Guo Podai, Commander of the Black Flag Fleet [178?–181?]Mei Ying, a captive of the Red Flag Fleet [d. 1809] Qing Empire: The Jiaqing Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Yongyan) [r. 1796–1820]The Daoguang Emperor (Aisin-Gioro Minning) [r. 1820–1850]Bailing (Zhang Bailing), Governor-General of Liangguang [1748–18??]Sun Quanmou, Provincial Fleet CommanderZhou Feixiong, physician of MacauWu Yaonan, government official [fl. 1810–1840]Lin Zexu, Viceroy of Liangguang [1785–1850] Portuguese Empire: Miguel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira, Ouvidor of MacauCaptain José Pinto Alcoforado de Azevedo e Sousa, Commander of the Macau FlotillaGonçalves Carocha, pilot British East India Company: Richard Glasspoole, second mate of the Marquis of Ely [1788–1846] Major Sources Cited: Andrade, Tonio. The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History. Antony, Robert J. Like Froth Floating on the Sea: The World of Pirates and Seafarers in Late Imperial South China. Glasspoole, Richard. A Brief Narrative of My Captivity and Treatment Amongst the Ladrones (1809); see also Owen Rutter, ed., Mr Glasspoole and the Chinese Pirates (Golden Cockerel Press, 1935).Leonard, Jane Kate. “Maritime China in Transition, 1750–1850,” in The Cambridge History of China, Volume 9, Part 2: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800. Murray, Dian H. Pirates of the South China Coast, 1790–1810. Van de Ven, Hans J. Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China. Yuan Yonglun. Jing hai fen ji (靖海氛記, 1830), translated by Karl Friedrich Neumann as History of the Pirates Who Infested the China Sea, 1807–1810 (London, 1831). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Matt is joined for an extra long interview with Cardinal's Director of Amateur Acquisitions to talk about the Cardinals scouting strategy, how it's developed and changed since he started in 2013, learning lessons from his team's mistakes, the importance of Randy Flores as the lead in the scouting department since 2016 and what to watch for in the Cardinals draft special you can watch now!

Bill Stone, Founder and CEO of SS&C How do you keep buying companies without eventually losing control of the company you built?  SS&C Technologies founder and CEO Bill Stone has spent four decades avoiding exactly that. Rather than treating each acquisition as an isolated transaction, SS&C built a system around protecting ownership, using debt when the economics make sense, paying it down quickly, and creating enough value after close to preserve capacity for the next deal. Bill walks through the decisions behind acquisitions including FMC, GlobeOp, and Blue Prism, his experience taking SS&C private with Carlyle, and the discipline that has allowed the company to keep acquiring across changing markets. What You'll Learn How Bill Stone kept 15% of SS&C through 100 acquisitions The exact revenue-per-head and EBITDA thresholds SS&C screens for Why strategic buyers almost always outbid private equity How to tell a motivated seller from one just fishing for a premium When rollover equity can help retain the management team How Carlyle overruled Stone's own unanimous board vote The one rule that makes Stone walk from a deal every time   Every financing decision changes what you can do on the next deal. If you're financing an acquisition and don't have a hard leverage ceiling you actually stick to, DealPilot, powered by M&A Science, has the deal guidance layer to help you set one before you're over-levered on the next deal. ____________________ This episode of M&A Science is presented by DealRoom. DealRoom is the AI-powered operating system for Buyer-Led M&A™ — one connected system for pipeline, diligence, integration, and reporting. No tool-switching, no manual updates, no data gaps. See how it works: https://hubs.ly/Q04mcGKy0 ____________________ Episode Chapters [00:00] Intro and Guest Bio Check [04:27] Protecting Ownership From Bankers [07:32] Pivoting to the Buy Side [12:12] Cutting a Client's Cost 91% [12:32] Technology Cycles From Excel to AI [15:14] First Acquisition and Going Public [16:26] Balancing Investors and Founder Control [20:08] The Carlyle Take-Private Story [27:23] Screening Deals and Cutting Costs Fast [32:02] Reading a Seller's True Motivation [35:29] Winning FMC Under Canadian Rules [42:10] Beating TPG for GlobeOp [45:22] The Leverage Ceiling and Debt Paydown [49:06] Topping Vista for Blue Prism [53:17] Walking Away From a Lying Seller [54:23] Diligence Speed and Trust But Verify [54:58] Valuations and Capital Abundance

Today's guest on the show is Paul Huber, CEO of COMEX, in Monroe Connecticut. Paul is a machinery dealer specializing in cam Swiss automatics. That's cam Swiss, not CNC. I'm talking about Bechlers, Stroms and Escomatics, not Citizens. Paul is 84, but proudly says feels like he is 60 as he raises his 17-year-old son. He has been working on screw machines for over 67 years, starting as an apprentice in Switzerland. Early in his career, Paul worked as a technician for European screw machine builders. Later, he ran his own production shop in the US. Then he became a machinery dealer and sold some of the very first CNC Swiss machines. For decades, he has rebuilt and sold cam automatic screw machines, specializing in Swiss-type. Paul learned business skills watching his dad wheel and deal as a dairy farmer in Basil, Switzerland. He managed a Jazz group as a teenager. He is a skilled engineer, an astute entrepreneur, a natural at stumbling on serendipity and hell of a story teller. He also loves to speak his mind, which you will see when we discuss the skills gap problem in the United States. So sit back and enjoy our conversation recounting Paul's life's journey. You're going to learn some screw machining history, you'll laugh, and I think you will get some inspiration for your own journey. I’ve given you some good highlights from the podcast below, but you really need to listen to get the full story! Listen on your favorite podcast app using pod.link, or:                               View all of our podcasts on our YouTube Channel. Follow us on Social and never miss an update! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarfcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarfcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwswarfblog ************* Link to Graff-Pinkert's Acquisitions and Sales promotion! Interview Highlights Paul’s Introduction to Screw Machines Noah Graff: How did your career in machining start? Paul Huber: We were seven kids. My dad insisted that each one of us learn a trade as an apprentice. I was in the music business as a manager. I sometimes made more money than my dad, but he still insisted that I take an apprenticeship. At age 17, I started my apprenticeship. Setup, maintenance and everything else related to Swiss screw machining. I was very lucky because the company which hired me as an apprentice needed somebody in the tool room, so my first six months were actually working in the tool room. Graff: How did you feel about it? Did you like it? Huber: Well, that’s the thing. I took that position only because I had my dad behind me ready to kick me in the behind. So I made the decision. Okay, there’s a job like just any other job I’m going to find. And within six months, I was hooked and it became a real challenge. History of Swiss Machining Huber: I failed French in school. So I said, maybe I should go to work in the French part of Switzerland. At least I'll learn French. I went to Bechler. Graff: Bechler was not bought yet by Tornos at that time? Which Swiss Brand was the first? Huber: Tornos (was first). Bechler, Peterman, and Tornos, all started in Moutier, Switzerland. (Tornos bought Bechler in the ‘70s and bought Peterman before that.) Tornos never had the intention to continue the business of Peterman or Bechler. Tornos was really specialized for the watchmaking business. They really were looking to build smaller machines and higher precision. Bechler was more for all around. For example, the shaft in your blender. The drive shaft in your blender is made on Swiss. The Skills Gap in the United States Graff: So, what’s next for Paul? Huber: Quite frankly, I wish I could say I want to get into education. But I gave up hope. Mainly because we do not have the material to make skilled people. We have lost the ability to educate our young people in the United States. We are now in a situation where the majority of engineers are either foreign born and American educated or educated around the world–Japan, Europe, and they come here. Can you imagine if the manufacturing industry would be like Gene Haas, spending millions of dollars every year for the education of their future users, on workers, on programmers? Can you imagine if all manufacturing firms in the US did that where we would be today? Graff: Thank you so much, Paul. Huber: I’m very happy you gave me the opportunity to speak my mind. I get on some people’s nerves, but I talk fast! Learn more about COMEX. The post Best of Swarfcast: A 67-Year Adventure in Swiss Machining Continues, with Paul Huber-EP 199 appeared first on Today's Machining World.

Try Emergent for free: https://app.emergent.sh/?utm_shift=redirect&via=theschoolofhardknockspodcastJamie Salter is the founder and chairman of Authentic Brands Group, the global brand platform behind Reebok, Champion, Forever 21, Quiksilver and partnerships with names like Shaquille O'Neal, David Beckham and Kevin Hart.In this episode, Jamie breaks down how he went from a childhood paper route and the snowboard business to building one of the largest brand licensing companies in the world.He shares how Authentic evaluates acquisitions, what gives a struggling brand a “heartbeat,” why global expansion matters, and how licensing can unlock growth without owning every part of the supply chain.Jamie also talks about working alongside his four sons, partnering with major personal brands, the rise of creator-driven commerce, financial discipline, and why organization has been one of the biggest advantages of his career.Follow Jamie Salter:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamiejsalter/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-salter-04a08933/Learn more about Authentic Brands Group:Website: https://corporate.authentic.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authentic/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Health Affairs Publishing's Rob Lott speaks to Jiebing Wen of The University of Texas at Austin about her recent paper exploring how hospice acquisitions by investor-owned firms were associated with lower care staffing intensity and fewer patient visit minutes, especially in patients' final days. Order the August 2026 issue of Health Affairs.Sign up for our free Health Affairs newsletters to stay up to date on health policy news and analysis.

We're piggybacking on last week's “Mergers and Acquisitions” conversation because apparently the story isn't done with us yet. The church that recently bought another local church for several million dollars showed up in a YouTube ad when Andrew was just trying to pull up Safety Harbor's livestream. Nothing says “welcome to church” quite like another church buying an ad before your church.That leads us into some of the things pastors notice from the platform. People falling asleep, people checking their phones, people getting up at exactly the wrong moment, and all the other things you can't not see while you're trying to preach. How distracting is it, and how much should a preacher actually care?At Lakeview, Tim shared the pulpit with Frank for a significant Sunday as the church officially commissioned and sent out Cross & Crown Church. After months of talking about the church plant, launch teams, storage units, coffee shop parties, and everything else that goes into starting a church, it's finally time to send them out.Meanwhile, Safety Harbor held its annual Back to School Pool Party, and once again it proved to be one of those wonderfully easy ministry wins. People showed up, families had fun, nobody needed an elaborate program, and Andrew was reminded that sometimes the best church events are the ones you don't overthink.It's YouTube ads, sleeping congregants, sending out a church plant, and squeezing in one last pool party before everyone officially admits that summer is over.

Hour one of DJ & PK for August 17, 2026: Pablo Mastroeni, Real Salt Lake head coach David Locke, Utah Jazz Radio Play by Play Cade Uluave, Bear Bachmeier, Bruce Mitchell and Kalani Sitake from Fall Camp

Ben Horowitz, Travis Kalanick, and Erik Torenberg take the stage at Atoms' launch event for a candid fireside conversation about entrepreneurship, company building, and why Kalanick believes the next industrial revolution will be powered by AI. They revisit pivotal moments from Uber's history, including the decision not to acquire Lyft, lessons from scaling one of the world's fastest-growing companies, and how Kalanick has evolved as a founder. The conversation also explores Atoms' vision for industrial AI, why software is moving into the physical world, what it takes to build enduring company cultures, and why Kalanick believes the biggest opportunities of the next decade lie in transforming industries like food production, mining, and manufacturing.   Resources: Follow Travis Kalanick on X: https://x.com/travisk Follow Ben Horowitz on X: https://x.com/bhorowitz Stay Updated:Find a16z on YouTube: YouTubeFind a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Show on SpotifyListen to the a16z Show on Apple PodcastsFollow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Most acquisitions don't fail because the deal thesis was wrong. They fail because integration breaks exactly what made the company worth buying.This minisode explores why climate tech M&A goes sideways and four questions CEOs should ask before signing the deal.Why good deals go bad — The spreadsheet may show compelling synergies (ugh, that word!), but value disappears when key employees leave, customers defect, or bureaucracy slows down the acquired company.Protect the people who create the value — Identify which employees are essential to technology, customer relationships, and execution. Then build retention plans before closing, not after they resign.Protect customer relationships — A customer who trusted the founder may not automatically trust the acquirer. CEOs need to identify vulnerable accounts and manage those relationships explicitly.Assign owners to every source of value — They need an owner, budget, timeline, and incentives. Otherwise, they remain as tentative numbers in an acquisition model.Know what not to integrate — Sometimes the best integration strategy is leaving parts of the acquired company alone. Preserve the speed, culture, relationships, or operating model that made it valuable in the first place.The core lesson — CEOs often spend more time negotiating the purchase price than planning the first 100 days. That's backward. The deal creates the possibility of value. Integration determines whether it ever shows up.

The tech M&A market may be entering a new golden era, driven by mega deals, AI disruption, massive tech balance sheets, and record levels of private equity capital. As technology moves faster and competition intensifies, the world's largest buyers are increasingly using acquisitions to buy growth, innovation, market position, and strategic advantage. For tech CEOs, founders, and shareholders, this creates a powerful market opportunity. With more active buyers, more acquisition currency, and a wave of founders preparing for succession or exit, today's environment may be one of the strongest windows to consider selling a technology company. Key Takeaways • Mega deals are setting the tone for the broader tech M&A market. • The largest technology companies are increasingly using acquisitions to sustain growth. • AI is accelerating competition and forcing strategic buyers to move faster.  • Tech giants now have unprecedented market value, stock currency, and cash available for acquisitions. • Large acquisitions often create chain reactions as competitors respond. • Private equity firms have trillions in capital they need to deploy. • A founder succession crisis is increasing the number of companies preparing to sell. • Cross-border M&A activity continues to expand as technology becomes more global. • For technology CEOs, founders, and shareholders, the current market may represent one of the strongest exit environments in history.   0:00 – Why Tech M&A Is Heating Up Mega deals, AI disruption, and massive tech balance sheets are setting the stage for a new acquisition cycle. 0:55 – Today's Tech Giants vs. the Dot-Com Era A look at how today's trillion-dollar companies dwarf the market leaders of 2000. 2:00 – Why Big Tech Is Buying Growth Strategic buyers are using acquisitions to gain innovation, market position, and competitive advantage. 2:47 – Mega Deals, Private Equity, and Buyer Demand Record deal activity, more acquisition capital, and thousands of active buyers are fueling the market. 3:46 – Why Founders May Have a Window to Sell A founder succession crisis, global buyer demand, and strong market conditions are creating exit opportunities.

Federal agencies signal upcoming contract dollars through the president's budget months before a solicitation ever posts, and the FY2027 budget was published just weeks ago. Tracy Marcinowski, a former Air Force contracting officer who rose to Assistant Commissioner for Acquisitions at GSA's Public Building Service, a $4 billion organization, walks through how a small business reads that budget to find where the money is going before competitors do. What you'll learn in this episode: Why a signed GSA schedule or OASIS Plus contract can carry zero obligated dollars, and what you still have to do after you win one How to read the president's budget to spot which agencies and programs will have money next year Where federal spending data went after SAM.gov absorbed FPDS and USASpending, and how to pull it now Which GSA vehicle actually fits your business, and why the schedules are often the wrong first move The right people to reach inside an agency, program managers and requirements owners, not the CEO Chapters: 0:00 - Tracy Marcinowski's path from Air Force to GSA 3:00 - Why the government does not buy everything 9:00 - The vendor who pitched the wrong buyer six times 11:30 - Who inside an agency actually shapes requirements 15:30 - Choosing a contract vehicle that fits what you sell 17:30 - Starting research with the president's budget 23:30 - Why GSA is the easiest agency to break into 25:00 - CMMC, NIST, and Department of War requirements 32:30 - Action steps for a first-time small business Mindy gives you the federal opportunities, agency signals, recompete intel, and pursuit briefs that tell you not just what contracts exist, but which ones to chase and how to win them. Sign up for free Daily Alerts and get opportunities delivered to your inbox before the day starts.

Cardinal Health (CAH) CFO Aaron Alt joins Morning Movers to discuss his company's earnings, which includes a reaffirmation of guidance and margin expansion. He also elaborates on Cardinal's recent acquisitions and ways it expands future earnings prospects. Aaron touches on the revenue miss as one that isn't significant, saying the company's many business arms add enough muscle to ensure growth continues. ======== Schwab Network ========Empowering every investor and trader, every market day. Subscribe to the Market Minute newsletter - https://schwabnetwork.com/subscribeDownload the iOS app - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/schwab-network/id1460719185Download the Amazon Fire Tv App - https://www.amazon.com/TD-Ameritrade-Network/dp/B07KRD76C7Watch on Sling - https://watch.sling.com/1/asset/191928615bd8d47686f94682aefaa007/watchWatch on Vizio - https://www.vizio.com/en/watchfreeplus-exploreWatch on DistroTV - https://www.distro.tv/live/schwab-network/Follow us on X – https://twitter.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/schwabnetworkFollow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwab-network/ About Schwab Network - https://schwabnetwork.com/about

Blue Moon Metals CEO Christian Kargl-Simmard joins Mining Stock Daily to discuss the company's expanding U.S. critical-minerals strategy. Blue Moon recently acquired a portfolio of tungsten and antimony projects intended to feed its Springer complex in Nevada, while advancing construction at the Nussir copper project in Norway. Christian also highlights the growing importance of the Apex germanium-gallium project in Utah, where bulk sampling has returned exceptional grades. The conversation covers ore sorting, project financing, potential strategic partners, and Blue Moon's push to bring four brownfield mines into production.

The first quarter of 2026 stunk for Graff-Pinkert’s used machinery business. But fortunately, in the last few months, we’ve made some really good deals, selling old Davenport and Acme screw machines, as well as some expensive late model CNC multi-spindles. Today, Lloyd Graff and I give our take on why the year unfolded this way and what we predict the machining industry will look like for the rest of the year. We’re optimistic because it seems like onshoring is real and tariff surprises are no longer a surprise. Listen on your favorite podcast app using pod.link.     . View the podcast at the bottom of this post or on our YouTube Channel. Follow us on Social and never miss an update! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarfcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarfcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/todays-machining-world Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwswarfblog ************* Link to Graff-Pinkert's Acquisitions and Sales promotion! It's Hard to Sell Expensive Machines Noah: We purchased an INDEX MS22-8 CNC Multi-Spindle, manufactured 2019, with a partner at an auction. Brand new, that machine goes for over three million. We were asking less than half of new. And the thing is, even though something is worth that, it's hard to find someone to actually buy it. Lloyd: Who’s to say it’s worth that? It’s worth it if somebody pays it. Noah: We came very close with one company. We were on the one yard line, a very big corporation, but then it went up the rung, at the very end they said, “Well, the machine we already have has four Y-axis, and this only has two Y-axis.” I think it was an excuse to shoot it down. Lloyd: It may very well have been a political battle within the big company. That’s why it’s difficult to sell expensive machines to big companies. It's also hard to sell to small companies, because small companies don’t have access to that kind of money. Noah: If you’re going to buy a machine that costs over a million dollars, you have to have a job for it. It’s not something you spec on. People might think, all right, maybe I can pay three hundred grand for a used machine. But to pay a million dollars for a used machine, it just doesn’t compute. Even if it’s half price. Even if it’s a third of the price. Noah: So we got creative, and a little serendipity showed up. I was texting with an old customer to offer a different Index we have for sale. Then he says to me, “Hey, I have an idea for a trade for your 2019 machine.” We ended up trading our INDEX for his Tornos MultiSwiss 8×26, a 2017 with 8,500 cutting hours, plus cash. He really wanted an Index. His MultiSwiss operator is retiring, and his people wanted another Index. Lloyd: And for all we know, we might end up with a trade on that too. Onshoring Is Real Noah: Like them or don’t like them, tariffs are very influential and they’re happening. Is on-shoring finally real? Lloyd: That’s what we’ve been told by our clients. Onshoring is real, because it’s not so much about price. It’s about fear of what prices might be, and it’s about fear of what the Chinese might do, let’s say, if there was an invasion of Taiwan. Noah: We like to use fear of tariffs as an excuse for why people didn’t buy a lot of equipment from us at the beginning of the year. But it seems like now we’ve broken through to some extent. Lloyd: I think so. To some degree, people are being forced to buy, because they have an avalanche of orders. But I also think there’s a genuine fear by big companies that they cannot have crucial production in China. What I’m hearing from clients is their customers are saying, “We’re not worried about price. We’ll accept price raises. What we want is quality, and we want certainty of delivery.” With China, they may be able to get price, but they cannot get certainty of delivery. And, they cannot get certainty of quality. So while China can still undercut United States manufacturers on price, price is not the only thing that dictates decisions. 50 Bucks an Hour and Gila Monster Saliva Noah: What’s a contrarian prediction you have? Lloyd: Fewer and fewer men are deciding to go to college, because they don’t want to accumulate the debt, and they don’t see the opportunities in the jobs they used to get. (It used to be) “I want to be a programmer, I want to be an accountant, I want to be a lawyer.” Those aren’t necessarily great jobs to go into today, particularly if AI is going to take over so much of the white collar world. But what you do have a need for is people who can run factories and people who can work in factories. So my contrarian view is that more and more people are going to go to vocational school and technical school, and you will see a turnaround in the amount of people available for machining. But you will also see the pay for machining work go up dramatically. You’re going to see people routinely making fifty dollars an hour for machining jobs. Noah: If there’s a bigger supply of people who want to do it, wouldn’t that make wages go down? Lloyd: The demand for quality people will continue to be high, and contract manufacturing people will wake up and decide, if I want to hire somebody, I’m going to have to pay them. Lloyd: What do you think is a surprise that’s coming? Noah: I’m not that original with this one. Stephanie and I have made an investment, and we’re going to invest a little bit more, in GLP-1 stocks. Scott Galloway says that in the next ten years GLP-1 technology is going to be a bigger development in the world than AI. Is that true? I don’t know. But every day these GLP-1s seem to do something new that we didn’t think they could do. Lloyd: Do you know how they developed the first GLP-1 drug? Noah: I do not. Lloyd: It came from testing the venom of a Gila monster. It was originally developed for diabetes. Noah: Serendipity. What We're Using AI For Lloyd: What did you use AI for today? Noah: I took a database of machines and had Claude build a call list for us. We’re purchasing a Star SR32, so now I have a list of customers all organized and ready to work. What deep dark secrets did you use it for? Lloyd: I used it this morning to check how long a CT scan would take, because my wife was going to have a CT scan ahead of hip replacement surgery. Noah: And what did it say? Lloyd: Five to ten minutes. Noah: And how long did it take? Lloyd: Five to ten minutes. She was greatly relieved before she went, knowing that was likely all it would take. Noah: Anything else you’d like to say to the people of the world? I think I’m ready to drop the mic. Lloyd: Live each day. Savor every moment. Noah: Thank you. Let’s do this again soon. The post Why Onshoring Is Really Happening, with Lloyd and Noah Graff-EP 271 appeared first on Today's Machining World.

Chief Strategy Officer Nick Reed unpacks the "architecture of trust," AI-native enterprise transformation, and why staying laser-focused on customer value is central to Bizzdesign's bold AI strategy.Topics Include:Bizzdesign: global enterprise transformation SaaS company with Dutch roots, founded 2000, Main Capital-backedCustomers include HSBC, Shell, KPMG, and Airbus globallyBold 12-month strategy: acquired Mega International and Alfabet from Software AGAcquisitions tripled revenue, created the first true end-to-end enterprise transformation suiteBizzdesign's 18-year recognition as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader in Enterprise ArchitectureThe launch of Bizzdesign Unify in April 2026, an AI-native transformation collaboration platform Nick Reed's journey: enterprise software, customer value, M&A strategy, and AI-driven transformationHow Bizzdesign supports planning, design, and governance pillars across the transformation lifecycleHow Bizzdesign Unify complements existing enterprise architecture and portfolio management environmentsWhy Bizzdesign Unify is architecturally different: conversational AI-native experience, not traditional UIAI acts as a co-worker, supporting transformation work and decisions through curated skillsNew experience opens enterprise context to broader stakeholdersBizzdesign Unify bridges the gap between messy whiteboards and governed enterprise dataExample walkthrough: mapping customer service transformation dependencies and impactsGenerative AI creates transformation scenarios grounded in enterprise contextTech stack built on Amazon Bedrock, MCP clients, graph dataBalancing agentic AI and automation with human-in-the-loop accountability"Architecture of trust": permissions, oversight, and decentralized controlPricing shifts from seat-based to AI credit consumption modelClosing advice: stay laser-focused on core customer value creationParticipants:Nick Reed – Chief Strategy Officer, BizzdesignKamil Davidov – Sales Leader Israel ISV-BizApps, Amazon Web ServicesJohan Broman – EMEA ISV Head of Solutions Architecture, Amazon Web ServicesSee how Amazon Web Services gives you the freedom to migrate, innovate, and scale your software company at https://aws.amazon.com/isv/

In 1984, the Walt Disney Company was worth more dead than alive. Disney Animation — the heart of Walt's famous flywheel — had stagnated for years, bleeding away talent while corporate raiders circled, salivating over offers to sell off the film library to MGM and offload the parks to hotel operators. But what followed instead was the greatest turnaround in media history under Michael Eisner and Frank Wells. Beauty and the Beast. The Lion King. Broadway. Bringing the Disney Vault home on VHS and DVD. And the greatest media acquisition of all time — ESPN.And then... it all almost fell apart. Again. Euro Disney turned into a money pit. Boardroom and executive infighting ran rampant. Animation descended into a dumpster fire. (Remember Chicken Little? Us neither.) Comcast — Comcast!! — tried to steal the company via a hostile takeover. Out of the chaos, a new generation of Disney management emerged under Bob Iger to stage yet another epic comeback with Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm, creating the defining media empire of the 21st century…until the tech companies came along. Tune in for the ultimate Acquired thrill ride: Disney, Part II.Sponsors:Many thanks to our fantastic Fall '26 Season partners:SierraSentryWorkOSAnthropicLinks:Sign up for email updates, get our takeaways and research photos from each episode, and vote on future topics!The Official Acquired Meetup on Sept 17th with our friends at Sentry. Join us!The Acquired Disney Part II Companion PDFWorldly Partners' Multi-Decade Disney StudyAll episode sourcesCarve Outs:Warby Parker Transitions Extra ActiveMichael Arndt's Toy Story 3 Story PresentationThe Golden State ValkyriesMore Acquired:Get email updates and vote on future episodes!Join the SlackCheck out the latest swag in the ACQ Merch Store!00:00:00 Start00:00:50 Intro00:05:07 Disney in Chaos (1984)00:11:33 Eisner, Wells, Katzenberg Arrive (1984)00:24:30 Animation Renaissance & CAPS Tech (1989)00:37:33 Flywheel Extensions: Home Video, Retail & Broadway00:54:32 Challenges & ABC/ESPN Acquisition (1994-1995)01:05:55 ESPN: Disney's Accidental Goldmine01:21:26 Eisner's Decline & Save Disney Campaign (2001-2004)01:34:53 Comcast Hostile Takeover Bid (2004)01:41:58 Bob Iger's Vision & Pixar Acquisition (2005-2006)01:52:17 Pixar: From Lucasfilm to Steve Jobs (1979-1995)02:03:11 Toy Story, IPO & Eisner Conflict (1995)02:34:30 Disney Acquires Pixar (2006)02:46:37 Marvel & Lucasfilm Acquisitions (2009-2012)02:58:01 Streaming Pivot: Cord Cutting & BAMTech (2015)03:06:30 The Disney+ Strategy & FOX Acquisition (2017-2019)03:19:01 The Disney+ Launch, COVID, & Chapek's Tenure (2019-2022)03:42:15 Iger's Return, Challenges & Parks Revival (2022-2026)03:50:54 The Business Today: Parks & Streaming Focus03:59:22 Analysis: Disney+ Strategy & The New Media Landscape04:10:01 Analysis: Bull/Bear Cases04:21:20 Quintessence04:24:39 Carve-Outs + Outro‍Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.

Ryan Byrne is the founder of Cashflow Capital Club and a multifamily operator specializing in operational value-add acquisitions and ground-up development of A-Class senior communities. After serving in the United States Marine Corps and working in Wall Street Mergers and Acquisitions, Ryan transitioned into real estate as a passive investor before becoming an operator. His team has completed 15 value-add acquisitions, actively manages 1,500 units, has 1,200 units in development, and partners with over 200 investors across markets including Dallas, Charleston, Savannah, and Orlando. Ryan joined Rod's Warrior Group in 2025.   Here's some of the topics we covered:   Ryan Byrne's journey from the Marine Corps and Wall Street to multifamily real estate How joining the right network accelerated partnerships and deal opportunities Landing a 145 unit value add deal after underwriting more than 300 properties Raising millions from friends and family by sharing opportunities instead of chasing investors Conservative underwriting strategies that protect deals when everything goes wrong Scaling from one acquisition to 1,500 units through systems, partnerships, and vertical integration Why Ryan is betting big on senior housing development and the future of the asset class   If you'd like to apply to the warrior program and do deals with other rockstars in this business: Text crush to 72345 and we'll be speaking soon.   For more about Rod and his real estate investing journey go to www.rodkhleif.com  

If you want to scale a seven figure wholesaling business, you must stop being the bottleneck in your own operation. In Part 1 of this explosive live training, Brent Daniels reveals the exact blueprint and hiring order to build a dominant real estate team that can run without you. Brent breaks down why you must ruthlessly outsource income servicing activities like transaction coordination before you ever hire an acquisition manager, and why you should only ever recruit talent that is already employed. You will also hear a live and unfiltered call recording of Brent's new junior acquisition manager securing a massive 26,000 dollar assignment fee by expertly capturing a highly motivated seller who was ready to trade price for speed. Be a part of the TTP training program now.---------Show notes:(0:00) Beginning of today's episode(1:39) Breaking down the 20 critical skills required to run a seven figure wholesaling business(6:32) The non negotiable rule of hiring that your new team members must already have a job(7:24) Why you must set a standard of interviewing at least 15 candidates in every role(8:01) How to write magnetic job postings that attract top tier talent to your mission(9:55) 1,000 Person Challenge and why you must make the calls yourself before hiring a team(17:05) The exact hiring order to scale your business Admin, Lead Gen, Acquisitions, and Dispo(20:29) The dual role of a Junior Acquisition Manager and why speed to lead is everything(22:17) Live call breakdown of a Junior Acquisition Manager locking up a 26,000 dollar assignment deal(29:34) Why you are a deal finder not a deal creator----------Resources:REI PulseAcquisition.comEasy REI ClosingsTo speak with Brent or one of our other expert coaches call (281) 835-4201 or schedule your free discovery call here to learn about our mentorship programs and become part of the TribeGo to Wholesalingincgroup.com to become part of one of the fastest growing Facebook communities in the Wholesaling space. Get all of your burning Wholesaling questions answered, gain access to JV partnerships, and connect with other "success minded" Rhinos in the community.It's 100% free to join. The opportunities in this community  are endless, what are you waiting for?

8.4.26, Tobi Altizer from 106.7 The Fan joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to break down the moves the Nationals made prior to the MLB trade deadline and how these moves will help the team on their push to hopefully make the playoffs, then goes into what he has observed while at the Commanders training camp.

How much did White Sox improve with trade deadline acquisitions? full 770 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:38:11 +0000 DArKfjmUgcP20fIeDAQSdYYQ7ytPrvkR mlb,chicago white sox,sports Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show mlb,chicago white sox,sports How much did White Sox improve with trade deadline acquisitions? Leila Rahimi, Marshall Harris and Mark Grote bring a thoughtful, fast-moving approach to Chicago sports, pairing sharp insight with real personality. They break down the day's biggest stories across the NFL, MLB, NBA and college sports, with Chicago always leading the conversation — from the Bears and Cubs to the Bulls, White Sox and more. Known for smart analysis, honest takes and lively discussion, the show offers Chicago fans a well-rounded, informed perspective on everything happening in the city's sports landscape. Catch the Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show live Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on 104.3 The Score or on the Audacy app. © 2026 Audacy, Inc. Sports https://player.amperwavepodcas

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