Smart Business Dealmakers: The Middle-Market M&A Podcast

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Smart Business Dealmakers interviews the entrepreneurs doing deals, the PE, VC and family office players investing in them, and the M&A advisers making them happen. Topics include raising capital, buying and selling companies and managing a liquidity event.

Episode Date
Managing Post-Deal Wealth with Jon Adams and Michael Shore
Aug 27, 2026
Building and Exiting a Business with Paul Glantz of Emagine Entertainment
Aug 07, 2026
Technical Traps That Can Erode Deal Value with Greg McGuire
Apr 30, 2026
Driving Enterprise Value Through People
Apr 22, 2026
Leadership Culture and Post-Deal Integration with Rachel Wallis Andreasson
Apr 22, 2026
Staying Healthy at the Top with Dr. Brian Dooreck
Mar 31, 2026
Top 10 M&A Negotiating Mistakes with Bill McComas of Jensen & McComas
Feb 20, 2026
The Arc of a Deal with Mark Jensen of Jensen & McComas
Sep 25, 2025
The ESOP Exit: Rethinking the Endgame
Sep 25, 2025
Factors Affecting Public and Private Dealmaking
Aug 14, 2025
M&A Trends in The GovCon Space
Aug 14, 2025
The State of The M&A Market 2025
Jun 09, 2025
Preparing To Sell Your Business with James Hipolit of Troutman Pepper Locke
Jun 04, 2025
Buy-side Insurance Due Diligence with Brian Stovsky and Joe Curtis
May 14, 2025
Building Zenwork with Founder & CEO Sanjeev Singh
May 06, 2025
Busting ESOP Myths with David Solomon of Levenfeld Pearlstein
May 02, 2025
From Public to Private
Apr 11, 2025
Letters of Intent with Tony Montanaro of Louis Plung & Co.
Apr 10, 2025
Building the Future in Massachusetts
Apr 04, 2025
St. Louis Economic Outlook
Mar 31, 2025
Driving Company Value
Mar 17, 2025
Self-Funding Insurance To Drive Value
Mar 06, 2025
The Business of Athletics with University of Michigan's Warde Manuel
Feb 06, 2025
Navigating The Skies of Innovation at Volato
Jan 31, 2025
Settling Into the New Deal Paradigm
Dec 13, 2024
The Power of Social Media in Venture Capital
Dec 13, 2024
How NIL Is Reshaping The Business Of College Sports
Dec 06, 2024
Fueling Biotech Innovation
Nov 22, 2024
Sports, Business and M&A
Nov 14, 2024
Non-Competes in M&A: Now What?
Nov 08, 2024
zTrip's Growth By Acquisition
Oct 24, 2024
The Current Deal Paradigm
Oct 24, 2024
Dealing With Uncertainty
Oct 18, 2024
Capital, Growth & Opportunity in Columbus
Oct 17, 2024
Dealmakers Roundtable: State of M&A Fall 2024
Oct 10, 2024
Chuck Mullen & Jeff Brooks of Apple Growth Partners
Jul 17, 2024
Building And Running A Successful Board
Jul 11, 2024
Driving Growth: Northeast Ohio's Destination Potential
Jun 20, 2024
Dealmakers Roundtable: How Capital Realities Are Shaping M&A
Jun 14, 2024
Tariq Farid and Somia Farid Silber of Edible Brands
May 31, 2024
Tony Montanaro, Partner with Louis Plung & Company
May 07, 2024
Robert Anderson Jr., Chairman & CEO of Cyber Defense Labs
Mar 28, 2024
Howard Brodsky, Founder & Chairman of CCA Global Partners
Mar 22, 2024
Todd Boyman, Co-founder & CEO of Hungry Planet
Feb 09, 2024
Jack Chang, Founder & Managing Director of DGP Capital
Feb 02, 2024
Rob Hale, co-founder of Granite Telecommunications; co-owner of Boston Celtics
Jan 25, 2024
Nic Barlage, CEO of Cleveland Cavaliers & Rock Entertainment Group
Jan 19, 2024
Vic Gatto, Founder & Managing Partner of Jumpstart Capital
Jan 12, 2024
Carrie Thome, Managing Director of NVNG
Jan 05, 2024
Will Acuff, Co-founder of Corner To Corner
Dec 06, 2023
Patrick Patterson, CEO of Level Agency
Dec 01, 2023
Aaron Gerber, Co-founder and former CEO, Reimagine Care
Nov 16, 2023
Ven Raju, President & CEO of Innovation Works
Nov 03, 2023
Stephen Glicken, Co-founder & CEO of Project Admission
Sep 08, 2023
Ashley Reid, Founder & CEO of Wellist
Sep 01, 2023
Shaun Stimpson, Founder of North Iron Holdings
Aug 18, 2023
Barry Sandweiss, General Partner of Cultivation Capital
Aug 02, 2023
John Cerasuolo, CEO of Leap Partners
Jul 06, 2023
Joe DeStefano, CEO of Amplix
Jul 06, 2023
Sanjiv Singh, CEO of Near Earth Autonomy
Jun 29, 2023
Harold Green, Founder of Chamberlain Contractors
Jun 29, 2023
Jai Shekhawat, Founder of Fieldglass
Jun 16, 2023
Megan Bailey, former CEO of Personal Genome Diagnostics
Jun 02, 2023
Marc Bernstein, Founder & CEO of Balto
Jun 02, 2023
Biju Kulathakal, Co-founder & CEO of Halo Investing
May 18, 2023
James Peisker, Co-founder & COO of Porter Road
May 12, 2023
Sean Kennedy, Managing Member of TRG
Apr 26, 2023
Gavin Slader, Head of Investment Banking at JMP Group
Apr 26, 2023
Dennis Barsema, serial tech CEO; trustee of Northern Illinois University
Apr 21, 2023
Jonathan Dane, founder of Defiant Capital Group
Apr 21, 2023
Yaacov Martin, Co-Founder & CEO or Jifiti
Apr 12, 2023
Juan Garzón, Managing Director of Innovate Charlotte
Apr 11, 2023
Suzanne Yoon, Founder & Managing Partner of Kinzie Capital Partners
Apr 06, 2023
Hugh Slater, Former CEO of EGC Enterprises
Apr 06, 2023
Ali Ahmadi, Co-founder & CEO of TCARE
Apr 05, 2023
Sylvester Hester, Founder of LM Manufacturing
Mar 31, 2023
Jennifer Tescher, Founder & CEO of Financial Health Network
Mar 24, 2023
CEO Faris Ghawi and CMO Matt Buder Shapiro of Vytalize Health
Mar 24, 2023
Tony Montanaro, Partner with Louis Plung & Co.
Mar 24, 2023
John Estafanous, Founder & CEO of RallyBright
Mar 24, 2023
Liana Douillet Guzmán, CEO of FOLX Health
Mar 16, 2023
Eric Satz, Co-Founder and CEO of Alto
Mar 16, 2023
Andrew Bennett, Chief Business Officer of Provide
Mar 16, 2023
David Tolmie, Senior Partner of Edgewater Funds
Mar 10, 2023
Dick Simon, CEO of Sensorium Therapeutics
Mar 03, 2023
JD Harris, CEO of Ascent Solutions
Mar 03, 2023
Matt Massucci, Founder & CEO of Hirewell
Feb 24, 2023
Tranice Watts, Co-founder of Lifting Lucy
Feb 24, 2023
Silas Deane, Founder of VendEngine
Feb 24, 2023
Jon Eesley, Partner with Windsor Advisory Group
Feb 17, 2023
Guy Friedman, Co-founder & CEO of SteadyMD
Feb 17, 2023
Sanjay Singh, Chairman & CEO of Mace Security International
Feb 10, 2023
Joe Hipsky, Co-founder of IRALOGIX
Feb 10, 2023
Jason Barsema, Co-founder of Halo Investing
Feb 10, 2023
Andrew Ashur, CEO of Lucid Drone Technologies
Feb 08, 2023
David Dunstan, Managing Director of Citizens M&A Advisory
Feb 03, 2023
Dr. Patrick Hines, Founder & CEO of Functional Fluidics
Feb 03, 2023
Thomas Goodmanson, CEO of Calabrio
Feb 03, 2023
Keith Campbell, Senior Partner with West Monroe
Jan 26, 2023
Chuck Morton, Partner with Venable
Jan 20, 2023
Jared Paquette, Founder & Managing Partner of Conanicut Capital
Jan 19, 2023
Debbie Gordon, Founder & CEO of Cloud Range
Jan 19, 2023
Joe Bagan, CEO of STAQ Pharma
Jan 18, 2023
Michael Pearson, Founder of Union Packaging
Jan 13, 2023
Nick Mirchef, Co-founder of SmartWitness
Jan 13, 2023
Michael Healander, Co-founder & CEO of Airspace Link
Jan 06, 2023
Rocco DiLillo, Serial Entrepreneur
Jan 05, 2023
Grant Goris, CEO of Boon Logic
Dec 15, 2022
Mike Moran, CEO of Walnut Ridge
Dec 09, 2022
Mike Morgan, Former CEO of Updox
Dec 08, 2022
Dr. Shante Williams, Founder & CEO of Black Pearl Global Investments
Dec 08, 2022
Michael Schreiber, Founder & CEO of Playfly Sports
Nov 29, 2022
Jerry Frantz, President of JumpStart Ventures
Nov 23, 2022
Kelly Greene, VP of Corporate Development at Park Place Technologies
Nov 11, 2022
Faith Voinovich, Principal at Ohio Innovation Fund
Nov 11, 2022
Linzie Venegas, Co-owner of The Ideal Group
Nov 08, 2022
Brian Glick, Founder & CEO of Chain.io
Nov 04, 2022
Eric Sheinkop, CEO of The Desire Company
Nov 04, 2022
Kit Needham, Director of Project Olympus, Carnegie Mellon University
Nov 04, 2022
Ralph Della Ratta, Partner with Kirtland Capital Partners
Oct 28, 2022
David Fitzgerald, Partner with Petra Capital
Oct 28, 2022
Kevin Newell, Founder & CEO of Royal Capital Group
Oct 27, 2022
Samantha Ory, Founder & General Partner of Ouroboros Group
Oct 27, 2022
Jordan Hansell, Founder & CEO of Tradepost
Oct 12, 2022
Lu Alleruzzo, Co-founder & CEO of Immunophotonics
Oct 11, 2022
Len Cosentino, Founder & Executive Advisor of Checkpoint Surgical
Oct 06, 2022
Forrest Tefft, Senior Vice President of Northwest Bank
Oct 06, 2022
Melissa Sherman, CEO of MOBILion
Oct 06, 2022
Neil Johnson, Managing Partner of Lawrence Evans & Co.
Oct 06, 2022
Steve Cook, Co-Founder of LFM Capital
Sep 29, 2022
Angel St. Jean, CEO of The Black Brain Trust
Sep 15, 2022
Jerry Schill, Founder & CEO of Schill Grounds Management
Sep 09, 2022
Dan & Lauren L'Herbier, owners of Air Duct Maintenance
Sep 09, 2022
Ron Andrews, CEO of Oncocyte
Aug 30, 2022
Matt Cordio & Peter Welch, co-founders of Wisconsin Startup Coalition
Aug 26, 2022
James Barnes, President of Immaculate Cleaning Co.
Aug 26, 2022
Allison Howard, Founder & CEO of Nollapelli
Aug 05, 2022
Daniel Walsh, CEO of Citymark Capital
Aug 05, 2022
Chris Lambert, CEO of Life Remodeled
Aug 04, 2022
Dan German, Founder of Orthobrain
Jul 29, 2022
Christopher Riley, CEO of United Cutwater
Jul 29, 2022
Bill Fox, CEO of Rextar
Jul 22, 2022
Nadyli Nuñez, Executive Director of Ascender
Jul 15, 2022
Andrew Barnell, CEO of Geneoscopy
Jul 14, 2022
Ken Thomas, CEO of Archangel Protective Services
Jul 07, 2022
Matt Buder Shapiro & Kevin Murphy of Vytalize Health
Jun 29, 2022
Ed Weinfurtner, Chairman of Blue Olive Partners
Jun 17, 2022
Ilana Diamond, Managing Partner of 412 Venture Fund
Jun 17, 2022
Joe Luedtke, CEO of Liturgical Publications
Jun 16, 2022
Mykolas Rambus, CEO of Hush
Jun 02, 2022
David Dunstan, Managing Director of Citizens M&A Advisory Group
May 27, 2022
Ngu Morcho, CEO of KeraLink International
May 19, 2022
Matt Spettel, Co-founder & CEO of Co-Pilot
May 19, 2022
Jonathan Hatch, President of Little Mountain Industries
May 13, 2022
John Huhn, Founder of Compass Group Equity Partners
May 13, 2022
Stu Clark, CEO of Premise Health
May 12, 2022
Anthony Manna, CEO of Signet Enterprises
May 06, 2022
Jim Stern, General Counsel of A.O. Smith
May 06, 2022
Cor Hoekstra, co-founder of Amicus.io
Apr 29, 2022
Lou Schneeberger, Executive Chairman of Proformex
Apr 27, 2022
Cesar Gueikian, Brand President of Gibson Brands
Apr 22, 2022
Matt Mastarone, CEO of TTG Imaging Solutions
Apr 14, 2022
Edward Goldberg, CEO of Perimeter Solutions
Apr 01, 2022
Tony Montanaro, partner with Louis Plung & Co.
Mar 18, 2022
Paul Larson, CEO of Larson Financial Holdings
Feb 25, 2022
Scott Bushkie, Managing Partner of Cornerstone Business Services
Feb 04, 2022
Andy Vollmer, Managing Director of Bellmark Partners
Jan 28, 2022
Stephen Vitale, CEO of Pyrotecnico
Jan 28, 2022
Bob Norton, CEO of AirTight Management
Jan 07, 2022
Daniel Walsh, CEO of Citymark Capital
Dec 16, 2021
Chris Molaro, CEO & Co-founder of NeuroFlow
Dec 02, 2021
Paul Carlisle, COO of Wintrust Financial
Nov 18, 2021
Della Clark, CEO of The Enterprise Center
Nov 05, 2021
George Nemphos, Founding Partner of Nemphos Braue
Oct 29, 2021
Taylor Burke-Gilman and Lauren Burke-Devere of Fire-Dex
Oct 21, 2021
Kareem Afzal, CEO of PDC Machines
Oct 15, 2021
Shane Bigelow, CEO of CHAMPtitles
Oct 08, 2021
Brian Baum, Managing Director of Interchange Capital Partners
Oct 05, 2021
Cy Sturdivant, Cyber Division Director at BKD
Sep 17, 2021
Will Zell, founder of Zell Capital
Sep 03, 2021
Nat Clarkson, Managing Director of CFV Ventures
Aug 26, 2021
Sehrish Siddiqui, Partner with Bass Berry & Sims
Aug 20, 2021
David Iwinski, Managing Director of Blue Water Growth
Aug 20, 2021
Josh Curtis, Managing Director of Footprint Capital
Aug 19, 2021
Robert Berdanier and Deron Curliss of BDO
Aug 05, 2021
Perry Maughmer, Vistage Chair
Aug 05, 2021
Matthew Wiener and Benjamin Popson of Aon
Jul 16, 2021
David Sowerby, Managing Director at Ancora
Jul 16, 2021
Eric Easton, CFO of Ampex Brands, and Jayne Juvan, M&A Chair at Tucker Ellis
Jul 16, 2021
Linda Pringle Evans, CEO of Pringle Business Consulting
Jul 09, 2021
Neil Cooper and Alyssa Brodzinski of RCCB
Jun 25, 2021
Ahmed El Nokali and Yenner Karto of First National Bank
Jun 25, 2021
Kevin McCarthy and Scott Buschmann of Kian Capital Partners
Jun 25, 2021
Wendy Jarchow, Chief Investment Officer of River SaaS Capital
Jun 18, 2021
George Nemphos, Managing Member of Nemphos Braue
Jun 07, 2021
Murad Beg, Partner with Provariant Equity Partners
Jun 04, 2021
Joe Mirabile, CEO of United Safety & Survivability Corp.
May 21, 2021
Beth Haas, Partner at Cyprium Partners
May 20, 2021
Kristin Kraeger, National SPAC & IPO Leader for Aon
May 18, 2021
Cindi Englefield, Owner of Englefield Business Advisors
May 13, 2021
Greg Skoda, Senior Partner at Marcum
May 06, 2021
Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
Apr 23, 2021
Mark Guterman and Martin McCormick of FNB
Apr 23, 2021
Sreekar Gadde, Executive Director of Blue Tree Angels
Apr 16, 2021
Stephen Kindler, CEO of National Fitness Partners
Mar 26, 2021
Reggie Ford, CEO of Rosecrete Wealth Management
Mar 25, 2021
Doug Holladay, Founder and CEO of PathNorth
Mar 25, 2021
Daniel Einhorn, General Partner of Capital Midwest
Mar 18, 2021
Paul Klug, Shareholder with Polsinelli
Mar 13, 2021
John Kvamme, Senior Vice President of Associated Bank
Mar 09, 2021
David Brophy, Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Mar 05, 2021
Tom Bakaitus, Western PA Partner-in-Charge, Herbein + Co.
Mar 02, 2021
Greg Cathcart, Founder of Excellis Heath
Feb 26, 2021
Sara Clevenger, Principal with Blue River
Feb 19, 2021
Dan Roselli, Founder of CFV Ventures
Feb 12, 2021
Bill Prevost, CEO of Paladin Capital
Jan 29, 2021
Louis Foreman, CEO of Enventys Partners
Jan 22, 2021
George Thomas, member at Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe
Jan 21, 2021
Michael Wilson, partner with Locke Lord
Jan 08, 2021
Jim Benedict, Senior Vice President with PNC Wealth Management
Dec 16, 2020
Carlton Dean, President of Demarrt Building Services
Dec 12, 2020
Dean Zayed, CEO of Brookstone Capital Management
Dec 11, 2020
David Woodburn, Shareholder at Roetzel_Andress
Dec 04, 2020
Brad Jones, Charlotte Regional President, First National Bank
Dec 03, 2020
Charles Robins, CEO of Fairmount Partners
Nov 20, 2020
George Sullivan, CEO of Equity Trust Company
Nov 20, 2020
Carolyn Meade, Partner with Moore & Van Allen
Nov 20, 2020
Stewart Kohl, co-CEO of The Riverside Company
Nov 05, 2020
Matt Heinz, Senior Managing Director of Aon Transaction Solutions
Oct 30, 2020
Brock Leonti, CEO of Prescribe FIT
Oct 30, 2020
Chris Adams, CEO of Park Place Technologies
Oct 23, 2020
Jon Halpern, President of Pineapple Payments
Oct 16, 2020
Bob Campana, CEO of Campana Capital
Oct 09, 2020
John Rowady, Founder and President of rEvolution
Oct 03, 2020
Brett Motherwell, Managing Partner at Kassel Equity Group
Oct 02, 2020
David Grigsby, Founding Partner of TBS Falcon
Sep 20, 2020
Deb May, Founder of Wholesale Supplies Plus
Sep 20, 2020
Emily Biscardi, CEO of Xelerate
Sep 06, 2020
Chrissy Wostmann, CEO of n2y
Aug 15, 2020
Tim Barry, CEO of VIllageMD
Aug 07, 2020
Matt Davis, CEO of COhatch
Aug 06, 2020
Catherine Mott, founder of BlueTree Capital
Jul 31, 2020
Jim Pshock, CEO of Bravo Wellness
Jul 30, 2020
Wes Day, Partner with Teall Capital Partners
Jul 29, 2020
Stephen Cook, co-founder of LFM Capital
Jul 24, 2020
Dave Mastovich, CEO of MASSolutions
Jul 24, 2020
Jill Arena, CEO of Arena Enterprises
Jul 22, 2020
Omar Qureshi, Managing Director and Partner with Hightower Advisors
Jul 21, 2020
Andrew Bishop, Director at AB Bernstein
Jul 17, 2020
Steven Scolari, Partner with Stradley Ronon
Jul 15, 2020
Matt Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton Capital
Jul 13, 2020
Adam VeVerka, Business Development Partner with NewSpring Capital
Jul 10, 2020
Ed Monborne, CEO of RKL
Jul 09, 2020
Jim Geuther, Market President for Northern Ohio at SunTrust now Truist
Jul 07, 2020
Michael Conaton, Partner with Cyprium_Partners
Jul 03, 2020
Heather George and Kara Lewis of AB Bernstein
Jul 02, 2020
Brett Martin, Transaction Advisory Services Director at RSM
Jul 01, 2020
Steven Laabs, Partner with Husch Blackwell
Jun 30, 2020
Lynn Banaszak, Executive Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation Center at CMU
Jun 26, 2020
Neil Cooper, Executive Partner with RCCB Law
Jun 26, 2020
Ilya Bodner, CEO of Bold Penguin
Jun 25, 2020
Sudhir Achar, CEO of EOX Vantage
Jun 24, 2020
AJ Byrd, Managing Director at TVV Capital
Jun 19, 2020
Chris Haas, CEO of All Pro Freight
Jun 19, 2020
Sidney Glick, Principal with Cherry Bekaert
Jun 18, 2020
Kevin Short, Managing Director of Clayton Capital Partners
Jun 16, 2020
Hugh Cathey, CEO of ChromoCare
Jun 13, 2020
David Weaver, Chief Investment Officer of City Side Ventures
Jun 12, 2020
Jeff Burt, President of EO Columbus Chapter and CEO of EclipseCorp
Jun 11, 2020
Dan Cotter, Attorney with Howard and Howard
Jun 10, 2020
Paul Mattaini, Partner with Barley Snyder
Jun 09, 2020
Paul Carlisle, Executive Vice President of Wintrust Bank
Jun 08, 2020
Lou Schneeberger, Executive Chairman of Proformex
Jun 05, 2020
Tim Damschroder, Member of Bodman
Jun 04, 2020
Harry Cendrowski, Founding Member of Cendrowski Corporate Advisors
Jun 02, 2020
John Lee, Senior Managing Director of Griffin Financial
Jun 01, 2020
Russ Romanelli, Chicago Managing Partner of BKD
May 29, 2020
Jordan Space, Eastern Pennsylvania Market President of S&T Bank
May 28, 2020
Shannon Baker, President of Gatesman
May 27, 2020
David Mills, Vice President of Strategic Accounts at Definity Partners
May 26, 2020
Andrew Christian, Manager of Private Equity at CliftonLarsenAllen
May 22, 2020
Vince Garozzo, Attorney with Greensfelder
May 22, 2020
Bob Klonk, CEO of the Oswald Companies
May 21, 2020
Jerry Johnson, South Central Market Head for UBS
May 20, 2020
Chris Farmakis, Chairman of Babst Calland
May 18, 2020
Joe Baez, Principal at CliftonLarsonAllen
May 18, 2020
Larry Berran, CEO of iPipeline
May 15, 2020
Joe Wagner, Managing Director and Partner with PMCF
May 15, 2020
Ken Serwinski, Chairman of Prairie Capital Advisors
May 14, 2020
Michael Jordan & Rob Ouellette of Ice Miller
May 13, 2020
Joe Galvin, Chief Research Officer of Vistage
May 12, 2020
Aaron Grossman, CEO of TalentLaunch and Alliance Solutions Group
May 11, 2020
Brian O'Neill, M&A partner at Tucker Ellis
May 08, 2020
Ted Durkin, Managing Director of UBS
May 07, 2020
Scot Crow, Member of Dickinson Wright
May 06, 2020
Greg Schneider, CEO of National Office
May 05, 2020
Gaurav Malhotra, U.S. Restructuring Leader for EY
May 04, 2020
Joe DiRocco, Regional President of Fifth Third Bank
Apr 30, 2020
Managing risk with Craig Hassinger, CEO of SeibertKeck
Apr 30, 2020
Cybersecurity Issues with Carly Devlin, Managing Director of Clark Schaefer Consulting
Apr 28, 2020
John Lewis, Founding Member, Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe
Apr 24, 2020
C. Tucker Herndon, Nashville managing partner of Burr & Forman
Apr 24, 2020
Bo Butters, Principal, CliftonLarsenAllen
Apr 23, 2020
Greg Achten and James Jack, UBS
Apr 23, 2020
David Sowerby, Managing Director of Ancora
Apr 22, 2020
Jon Pinney, Managing Partner of KJK
Apr 22, 2020