# The Business Inquirer

A weekly roundup of small-business M&A.

Roman Beylin's weekly Substack curating small-business M&A: article summaries, notable community discussions, upcoming events, and tool roundups, including a regularly updated deal-sourcing guide the space cites.

- Category: Newsletters
- Pricing model: Free
- Where it fits: Learn & Choose Your Path, Source & Screen Deals
- Website: https://thebusinessinquirer.substack.com/

## At a Glance

The best ten-minute weekly read on the space; subscribe early, then add specialty newsletters as your thesis narrows.

## What It Costs

Free edition weekly; no paid tier is posted (thebusinessinquirer.substack.com, July 2026).

## Best For

Staying current on the SMB acquisition conversation in ten minutes a week without living on forums

## Pros and Cons

- Pro: Genuinely curatorial: surfaces the week's substantive threads and articles rather than recycled listicles
- Pro: The deal-sourcing guide alone is a useful standing reference
- Pro: Free, and readable in one sitting
- Con: Curation is one person's lens; expect the curator's interests to shape coverage
- Con: Summaries point outward, so depth still requires clicking through
- Con: No proprietary data; it aggregates the ecosystem rather than adding figures to it

## What Searchers Say

Frequently linked in [searcher](https://searchspheresource.com/glossary/searcher) discussions as the digest to subscribe to first; its guides show up as references across the community.

## Compared With

- Which free weekly belongs in your inbox first? (https://searchspheresource.com/resources/compare/the-business-inquirer-vs-ebit-community.md)

## Sources

- https://thebusinessinquirer.substack.com/about
- https://thebusinessinquirer.substack.com/p/deal-sourcing-guide-by-tbi

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