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Acquiring Minds

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Interview podcast (and growing media platform) about buying, owning, and operating small businesses — roughly 470 in-depth acquisition stories since 2021, publishing about twice a week.

Pricing
Free — Podcast free; platform also runs webinars and a community (pricing for extras not separately verified).
Best for
Calibrating what buying and running a small business actually feels like, through hundreds of first-person accounts
Last verified
Jul 10, 2026 — pricing and status checked against primary sources
Roadmap stages
1. Decide if ETA is for you

Pros

  • Huge library (~470 episodes) of real acquisition stories with real numbers
  • Very active: ~2 episodes/week, with sessions scheduled weeks ahead (verified through Jul 30, 2026)
  • Expanded formats — webinars and community — beyond the podcast

Cons

  • Interview subjects skew toward people whose deals worked — calibrate for survivorship bias
  • The platform co-launched its own fund (Minds Capital), so it now has investing interests in the space it covers

What searchers say

Frequently recommended as the on-ramp podcast in searcher communities. Cadence and activity verified against the live site and Apple Podcasts 2026-07-10.

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