
Welcome to the “Masters in Small Business Mergers and Acquisitions podcast.” I am your host, Peter Lehrman, and I’m the Founder and CEO of Axial (www.axial.net), a trusted online platform for business owners & their M&A advisors to use to safely and intelligently explore and execute capital raises, acquisitions, and exits with strategic buyers or professional financial sponsors.
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 25 | Founded | 4 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | How ToEducationInvestingBusiness | |||

Today’s guest is Grant Hensel, founder of Entrepreneurial Capital, a fund that partners with self-funded searchers acquiring small businesses through ETA. After building and exiting businesses of his own, making personal ETA investments, and completi... more
Today's guest is Lane Carrick, founder of Optima Mergers & Acquisitions, a boutique lower middle market investment bank he launched in 2024. Lane brings a “renaissance man” profile and personal story to the M&A advisory seat: he grew up in the Holida... more
Matt Plooster returns to the podcast to deliver a timely update on private credit and specifically its deployment in the lower middle market.
Despite lingering gaps in awareness and education among business owners and professional advisors, the over... more
Today’s guest is James Bohannon of Belzberg & Co., a family office with a significant history of backing lower middle market independent sponsors and leading direct investments.
James joins Peter to discuss the emerging “F2E” (Finance to Entreprene... more
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The show centers on strategies and realities of buying, selling, and financing small to mid-sized businesses. Episodes often explore founder psychology during exits, deal dynamics and last-minute derailments, and the evolving roles of independent sponsors, private credit, and family offices in lower-middle-market transactions. Guests bring practitioner perspectives—from front-end valuation and deal flow to post-close governance and operator-driven value creation—often blending psychology, finance, and practical operating experience. Listeners likely include owners preparing to exit, M&A advisors, and investors seeking actionable frameworks for faster, smarter SMB transactions and capital raises. A notable through-line is treating transactio... more
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