from 9-5 to small business owner

Jake sits down with experienced entrepreneurs and investors to uncover their secrets on how to launch, acquire, scale and sell SMBs to generate life changing wealth.

Leave the sexy unicorn startups for Silicon Valley and pursue an achievable, profitable path to becoming your own CEO by either buying small businesses that already exist or starting your own.

Jake shares his own journey learning from the expert guests and applying their lessons to go from salaried employee to SMB owner… in real time – effectively laying out each step for any up-and-coming entrepreneur who wants to do the same.

Join Jake on this mission and unlock the opportunity of small business ownership.

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10. The 5 Step Framework I Used To Build A 7 Person Remote Team

E10: In today’s episode, I break down the 5 step process I used to build a remote team for my last business: a content agency
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9. How Zach Smith Acquired The ‘Uber of Dental’ 4x Faster Than Average: Get In The Business Buying Game

E9: If you’ve read an SMB acquisition book you would have been warned that the search normally takes between 1 to 2 years. But what if you were only 4
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8. How To Build Your Email List Through Newsletter To Print Money On Demand

E8: This week I spoke with Newsletter Content Creator Daniel Roman (@idanielroman) to get some advice. He’s like the inception guy of newsletters. He writes a newsletter about writing a
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7. How to Build Audience-First Businesses With Joe Pompliano: The New Model Of Entrepreneurship

E7: You’ve got big dreams for your life. And you want to build a successful business to make those dreams a reality. But right now, that feels a long way
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6. $450m Entrepreneur’s Contrarian Advice For The Best Path Into Business Ownership

In today’s episode, I break down a $450 million entrepreneur’s contrarian advice for getting into small business ownership. There’s only 2 ways to get into business right? Start a business Buy a business WRONG! There’s
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5. The $2 Million Junk Removal Opportunity: How Miguel Contreras Scaled From $0 to $50,000 Per Month in Only 18 Months!

Miguel Contreras (@Miguel90Cont) was sitting around waiting for his real estate license when his wife walked in: “Why don’t you take your truck out and pick up people’s junk. You can
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