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Acquiring Minds Podcast Interview

Andrew Pierno

Sep 10, 2021 — 1 min read

Yo dudes, and dudettes and everyone in between,

Earlier this week I spoke with Will Smith who runs Acquiring Minds. Will usually chats with his guests about buying offline businesses, but on this one we dig in to micro PE and buying SaaS. He is not only a better interviewer than I am but his pod also shines with great production value. Really makes me wanna' step up my game.

If you find yourself listlessly looking for a way not to work for an hour today, I invite you to give it a listen.

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