Best Podcasts & YouTube for Searchers
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Acquiring MindsInterviews with people who bought a business.David C. Barnett (YouTube)Hundreds of videos on buying and valuing SMBs.Acquisitions AnonymousFour investors tear apart real listings.In The Trenches (Steve Divitkos)A podcast about the part after the wire.Owned and OperatedRunning and growing home-service companies.Think Like an OwnerInterviews on growing the company after the buy.UpFlipInterviews with owners on how the business works.
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| Acquiring Minds | FreePodcast free; platform also runs webinars and a community (pricing for extras not separately verified). | Calibrating what buying and running a small business actually feels like, through hundreds of first-person accounts |
| Acquisitions Anonymous | FreeFree, and ad-supported. The companion newsletter is free too. Note that the show's own episodes page runs months behind its feed, so read the feed rather than the page before calling it quiet. | Aspiring and early-stage self-funded searchers who want to build deal-screening pattern recognition passively, learning to read listings, spot sketchy add-backs, and gauge SBA financeability by osmosis. Not for someone who needs a structured curriculum or hands-on help with a specific live deal. |
| David C. Barnett (YouTube) | FreeChannel and podcast free; Barnett sells separate online programs (multi-hour courses for a few hundred dollars) and advisory. | Absorbing deal mechanics and seller-side psychology before and during screening, especially seller-financing and 'why is this listing priced insane' questions |
| In The Trenches (Steve Divitkos) | FreeFree, with no paid tier, no course and no community. Note the address: a substack of the same name belongs to a different publication entirely, so link the podcast's own host rather than the obvious guess. | Searchers under LOI and owners in their first years post-close; it fills the operator-content gap that the deal-focused shows leave open |
| Owned and Operated | FreeThe podcast and the weekly newsletter are free. A paid community publishes its price now: $2,500 to join and $500 a month after, vetted by a short survey, and described as still launching. | Searchers targeting the trades who want operator-level detail on pricing, hiring, marketing, and service economics from someone currently running the playbook at scale |
| Think Like an Owner | FreeFree, with a free weekly newsletter beside it. Sponsorship is the only commercial offer and publishes no rate. | Searchers and new owners who want operator and investor perspectives beyond deal mechanics, including hiring, systems, and growth after the acquisition |
| UpFlip | FreemiumThe channel is free. UpFlip Academy membership is offered at $97 per month with periodic lifetime-access promotions (upflip.com, July 2026). | Calibrating an industry thesis by watching owners in that industry walk through revenue, margins, and daily operations before you ever read a CIM |
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