New Podcast: How This Former Gym Franchisee Pivoted Into Online Business Acquisitions

Hello SMB Deal Hunters!

I’m excited to share a new interview with Sebastian Gast, a former gym franchisee who pivoted into online business acquisitions.

Sebastian acquired a fitness job board a year ago and just acquired an app-based SaaS platform a month ago.

He also previously joined a search-fund acquired company in the oil and gas services space that exited to PE.

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INTERVIEW

In the interview with Sebastian, we discuss:

• What it’s like working for a search-fund acquired company that 2-3x-ed in just a few years

• Why opening a new franchise location is like starting a business from scratch

• The challenging labor model with brick-and-mortar gyms

• Sebastian’s thesis around buying sub $100K businesses and how it's panned out

• Buying from a company that manages a portfolio of online businesses that wanted to divest

• The reality behind overnight-success online businesses for sale

• Why online businesses don’t need to grow linearly

• And more!

👉 Watch the full 52-minute interview with Sebastian

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