Weeks Weekly

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Weeks Weekly with Ed Weeks Jr. Most owners do one major deal. The other side does it for a living. Weeks Weekly with Ed Weeks Jr. is about the decisions that can materially change what a business is worth — growth, capital, acquisitions, succession and M&A. Ed Weeks Jr. is the founder of Weeks Consulting Group and works with owners of established $2M–$20M+ businesses navigating consequential decisions about their companies and what comes next. Drawing on 30+ years across Wall Street, operating companies, sales, marketing, entrepreneurship and M&A, Ed looks at what actually happens when ownership, money and deals collide. Episodes explore the questions established business owners eventually face: - Is growth actually making the company more valuable? - What would the business be worth without the owner? - When does outside capital make sense — and when doesn't it? - Should you buy a competitor instead of building organically? - What do buyers, lenders and investors see that owners often don't? - How do you evaluate an unsolicited offer? - What makes a business transferable? - When should you hold, grow, acquire, recapitalize, bring in a partner or sell? Some episodes are Ed breaking down a real owner problem or market dynamic. Others are conversations with owners, buyers, capital providers and professionals who spend their careers on the other side of these decisions. This isn't a show about rushing owners toward an exit. It's about optionality. Build a stronger company. Understand what it's worth. Know what choices are available to you before you need to make one. New episodes weekly. Not sure what your next move should be? Take the Business Optionality Assessment: edweeksjr.com/assessment Weeks Consulting Group: edweeksjr.com Weeks Weekly newsletter: weeksweekly.substack.com Build a more valuable company. Create more options.

Publisher

Ed Weeks, Jr.

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jan 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

12 of 157 episodes have a transcript.

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   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Most Important Person in Your Business Might Not Be You

   Ed Weeks Jr., MBA, CM&AA, reveals how identifying and empowering your key person strengthens your business valuation and ensures continuity during ownership transitions.

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   13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Buyer Found a Problem. Now Your Sale Price Just Changed.

   Ed Weeks Jr. explains how sellers can proactively identify financial issues before buyers do, protecting their sale price and negotiating leverage.

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   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Same EBITDA, Different Price: What Actually Sets Your Multiple

   Ed Weeks Jr. explains how recurring revenue, management depth, and financial quality determine business valuation multiples, even with identical earnings.

Inside a recent episode

The Most Important Person in Your Business Might Not Be You

Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] That's an owner who did the work early. And that's a business that's easier to buy. Second, why do buyers care so much? Because a buyer isn't buying your past. They're buying the next five years. And somebody has to run those five years. Plenty of buyers are not walking in on day one to run your shop. Some don't have the license. Some don't know the trade. And even the ones who do, I tell them straight, expect the first three to six months to be a job. Keeps the place together while the new owner learns the key person. That's who protects the buyer's money. So when a buyer sees a strong key person, they see lower risk and lower risk is what they pay for. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

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92

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0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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