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Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
TIO #49: Change fatigue, idle capacity, and a four-tens experiment

Oct 15, 2026

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1 min read

TIO #49: Change fatigue, idle capacity, and a four-tens experiment

Why Kaustubh is holding off on a service customers ask for every week.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
Debt-free in 495 days, plus three more alumni closes

Oct 8, 2026

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2 min read

Debt-free in 495 days, plus three more alumni closes

A $5M seller-financed deal, a franchise launch, and a four-year search that paid off.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
TIO #48: Could your business survive without you for two weeks?

Oct 1, 2026

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2 min read

TIO #48: Could your business survive without you for two weeks?

One set of keys, one phone, and every fire landing on the owner. What breaks first?

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
TIO #47: Quarterly rocks, noisy financials, and slow seasons

Sep 17, 2026

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1 min read

TIO #47: Quarterly rocks, noisy financials, and slow seasons

How much of the P&L should your team see, and how often? Kaustubh and I disagree.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
What makes a searcher fundable? Harder to answer than we thought.

Sep 3, 2026

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2 min read

What makes a searcher fundable? Harder to answer than we thought.

Plus a Blooma update on what it costs to build a business that runs without you.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
You need to see 200 deals to buy one

Aug 27, 2026

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2 min read

You need to see 200 deals to buy one

Going live on deal flow today at 12:30 ET. Free to attend.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati

The Intentional Owner

TIO #45: Why $2-5M in revenue is the hardest stage to own

Aug 20, 2026

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1 min read

TIO #45: Why $2-5M in revenue is the hardest stage to own

The revenue range where complexity arrives before the profit does.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
The SBA changed the acquisition rules.

Aug 17, 2026

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1 min read

The SBA changed the acquisition rules.

Drew Eckman and I are going through it live tomorrow at 12:30 PM ET

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
The search was the easy part.

Aug 13, 2026

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2 min read

The search was the easy part.

50 hours a week after closing. 20 to 40 during the search.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
TIO #44: The deal is almost never the variable

Aug 6, 2026

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2 min read

TIO #44: The deal is almost never the variable

Adam Markley has seen this from all three seats.

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
Make Lenders Fall in Love with Your Deal (Part 2 of 2)

Nov 5, 2025

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12 min read

Make Lenders Fall in Love with Your Deal (Part 2 of 2)

Written by: Drew Eckman, Educator & SMB Loan Support

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
Make Lenders Fall in Love with Your Deal (Part 1 of 2)

Oct 29, 2025

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8 min read

Make Lenders Fall in Love with Your Deal (Part 1 of 2)

Written by: Drew Eckman, Educator & SMB Loan Support

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
Your Recurring Revenue Isn't Really Recurring

Sep 24, 2025

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10 min read

Your Recurring Revenue Isn't Really Recurring

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Recurring Revenue

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati
Avoiding the 4 Fatal Flaws We've Seen Across Hundreds of ETA Deals

Sep 10, 2025

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14 min read

Avoiding the 4 Fatal Flaws We've Seen Across Hundreds of ETA Deals

Maximizing Your Likelihood of Generational Wealth

Sam Rosati
Grant Hensel
Sam Rosati, +1
The Trust Multiplier

Aug 27, 2025

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16 min read

The Trust Multiplier

How to Build Teams That Perform Without You

Sam Rosati
Josh Schultz
Sam Rosati, +1
The ROI of Relationships in Small Business Acquisition

Aug 13, 2025

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13 min read

The ROI of Relationships in Small Business Acquisition

Turning Conversations into Closed Deals

Sam Rosati
Rand Larsen
Sam Rosati, +1

Guides

Part 2: The Silent Killer of SMB Deals (and how to avoid it)

Jul 29, 2025

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13 min read

Part 2: The Silent Killer of SMB Deals (and how to avoid it)

Avoiding the "90 day cash crunch" w/ Reid Tileston

Sam Rosati
Reid Tileston
Sam Rosati, +1

Guides

The Silent Killer of SMB Deals (and how to avoid it)

Jul 16, 2025

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17 min read

The Silent Killer of SMB Deals (and how to avoid it)

Avoiding the "90 day cash crunch" w/ Reid Tileston

Sam Rosati
Reid Tileston
Sam Rosati, +1

Guides

What To Do After You Buy a Business

Jun 27, 2025

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6 min read

What To Do After You Buy a Business

A Playbook for the First 90 Days

Sam Rosati
Sam Rosati

The Playbook by SMBootcamp

The Playbook by SMBootcamp: Weekly insights, actionable tactics, and real-world stories on buying, running, and growing small businesses through acquisition.


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