Acquiring Minds
Hosted by Will Smith · Will Smith
4.9from 655 ratings
- 509
- Episodes
- 503
- Transcribed
- 655
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 540K
- YouTube views
About Acquiring Minds
Buying a business is an amazing path for many successful entrepreneurs. Learn how to buy a business from the entrepreneurs who have already done it. 2x per week: stories, insights, & valuable advice about acquisition entrepreneurship. Hosted by Will Smith, who is on his own path to acquire a business. Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiringMinds Sign up for episode summaries at: https://acquiringminds.co
- Publisher
- Will Smith
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
503 of 509 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Growing a GC from $1m to $14m, Remotely
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
When the Business Is Just You: A $650k Garage Biz
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Run It for 6 Months Before You Buy It
Inside a recent episode
Growing a GC from $1m to $14m, Remotely
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He just simply said, um, One, get the line of credit because that will count towards your capital with the bond underwriters. And the other piece of wisdom he gave me was that general contractors don't go bankrupt in bad times. They go bankrupt in the good times because you grow too fast and you outgrow. […]
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- Jason Leisey
- Marco Hsu
- Jeff Thompson
- Rahib Diwan
- Jon Hyatt
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 540,482
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 293 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 362 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 88 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Acquiring Minds?
Will Smith host the show. Published by Will Smith.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Acquiring Minds take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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