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Hi, I'm Rick Rubeck. And I'm Royce Yudkoff. Welcome to our new podcast from the Harvard Business School, Think Big, Buy Small. This series will let you in on a very special way to become an entrepreneur, how to buy your own business, be your own boss, and get the financial benefits of your efforts. Entrepreneurship through acquisition involves searching for an existing, enduringly profitable, smaller business and buying it, usually from a retiring founder.
Our conversations are with guests from all backgrounds and different stages of the entrepreneurship through acquisition journey. From those considering whether this path is right for them, all the way through to those who have now sold the businesses they bought as searchers and then ran as CEOs.
I want to have a little bit more flexibility and control over the decisions that I'm making. I transitioned into what I felt was like a much more exciting space, which was SBA loans for people buying businesses. And it has been a super rewarding journey because I've helped hundreds of people buy their first business.
While I didn't know exactly how my journey would end up, I wanted to maximize my ability to really drive professionally great outcomes for myself, but to do it in a way that minimized any sacrifice I had to make on the home front. We've been helping students understand this less traveled space to personal and professional independence in our courses at the Harvard Business School for nearly 15 years. But you don't have to attend HBS to take advantage of these opportunities.
Thousands of smaller firms are sold every year, and many people have successfully acquired an existing business that is enduringly profitable. So why not you too? The goal of the Think Big, Buy Small podcast is to help you decide if entrepreneurship through acquisition is for you, and if it is, to help you take your first steps on the journey to buying your own small business.
Listen to learn more about this special opportunity, entrepreneurship through acquisition. Think Big, Buy Small is coming soon from Harvard Business School. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.