Hi all,

I saw some posts on here about top podcasts that are popular with the EtA crowd, and started to compile them for myself. Figured I'd also share it here in aggregate for whoever might find it useful, many of the hosts are in this Searchfunder community:


Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition from the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation by ^Searchfunder member‌ ^Searchfunder member‌

Invest Like the Best (EtA specific episodes) with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Owned and Operated with ^Searchfunder member‌

Think Like an Owner with ^Searchfunder member‌

Let’s Buy a Business with ^Searchfunder member‌

Entrepreneur Stories 4 Inspiration with Austin Peek

The Next Step with ^Searchfunder member‌

Acquiring Minds with ^Searchfunder member‌

How I Built This with Guy Raz

My First Million with The Hustle & ^Searchfunder member‌

Recon Labs with Renny McPherson and ^Searchfunder member‌

The Business of Family by Mike Boyd

Private Equity Funcast with Jim Milbery and Devin Mathews

Acquisitions Anonymous with Bill D'Alessandro, Mills Snell, & ^Searchfunder member‌

The Search Fund Podcast with ^Searchfunder member‌

Wisdom.MBA by ^Searchfunder member‌

Views From the Market with Stikeman Elliott

The Quiet Light Podcast with Joe Valley and Mark Daost

In the Trenches with ^Searchfunder member‌

Top M&A Entrepreneurs with ^Searchfunder member‌

Business Buying Strategies from The Dealmaker's Academy with Jonathan Jay

Running Stuff, a Peterson Partners podcast ^Searchfunder member‌

The How of Business - How to start, run & grow a small business with Henry Lopez

Built to Sell Radio with John Warrillow

Scale Up With Nick Bradley

The Deal Board with Andy Cagnetta & Jessica Fialkovich

Martinka Consulting's Getting the Deal Done Podcast with ^Searchfunder member‌ and ^Searchfunder member

Creator Stories with Brent Sanders and ^Searchfunder member‌

The Alternative Investor with Brad Johnson & ^Searchfunder member‌

Right in the Middle Market with Stephanie Chambliss Gaffin and Mark Gaffin

The Messy Marketplace by Permanent Equity

The Circle of Competence Podcast

Big Time Small Business by Chenmark ^Searchfunder member‌‌

ValuationPodcast.com - A podcast about all things Business + Valuation with Melissa Gragg ‌‌


I have a more complete write up here that includes cadence, number of eps, and if the podcast has been recently updated. When available, I also added in any reviews from top listeners on Apple Podcast to give some context.


Hope you find this helpful for all those podcast fans out there, please let me know if there are more that should be on this list!