Boring Businesses

Sieva Kozinsky
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Boring Businesses

Sieva Kozinsky gets under the hood with boring businesses. Learn lessons directly from Sieva's friends, and entrepreneurs who have started and built multi-million dollar businesses in non-sexy industries.

  1. 12/18/2024

    He Buys Media Businesses - Learn From His $60 Million Strategy - Craig Fuller

    In this interview I chat with logistics entrepreneur Craig Fuller, who owns a data company and dozens of media properties related to logistics and transportation. Over the last few years, he's acquired a portfolio of print magazine publications, including Flying Magazine. But his business model isn't just selling ads; its capturing an interested audience and selling them what they really want directly. One of those things is a fly-in/fly-out community in Tennessee with a runway, resort, sever...

    1h 1m

  2. 11/27/2024

    Building a $200 Million E-Commerce Business - Mike Beckham

    Mike Beckham built Simple Modern into a $200 million/year e-commerce brand. I chat with him about how he got started, another business ventures he had (including talking his brother out of buying $1 million of Bitcoin in 2012).Mike teaches entrepreneurship and business to students and others, so watch this entire episode if you want to start a business. Mike will show you the way!0:00 Intro5:17 How did Mike become an entrepreneur?9:10 Mike's entrepreneurship lessons18:22 Entrepreneurial paren...

    1h 8m

  3. 11/20/2024

    From Homeless To Owner Of 20+ Businesses - Khai Nguyen

    In today’s episode Boring Businesses, I’m joined by Khai Nguyen, Founder of Powers Gymnastics, the largest multi-vertical acquisition firm in U.S. youth sports, and investor in several companies like OpenSea, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, and Ignite Tournaments.Khai shares insights from his journey from working on Wall Street to buying and operating 20+ businesses, his approach to building rapport with business owners, and how he built an empire of gymnastics studios across the United States...

    45 min

  4. 11/13/2024

    He Sold His Business for $250 Million - Ankur Nagpal

    Ankur Nagpal sold his business, Teachable, for $250 million. Now, he's focused on making people aware of tax optimization strategies (inspired by what he wish he know when starting his business).I asked Ankur how he knew when to sell his business, how the process went, and for some tips on lowering tax bills when selling a business.0:00 Intro0:57 How Ankur sold Teachable9:57 Structure of the Deal11:40 Why he raised VC money 14:45 How he went from retired to running his next business20:29...

    46 min

  5. 11/06/2024

    He Sold His Business for $65 Million - And Bought It Back for $5 Million

    David Rodnitzky sold his agency for $65 million - and then bought it back for $5 million. And then he sold it again for way more than $65 million. Listen to this fascinating conversation about how to scale a marketing agency, how much you can sell your agency for, and what his margins are. 0:00 Intro3:20 How David sold and re-bought his agency11:05 How much can you sell an agency for?13:50 Fire yourself from jobs before you sell18:03 Raising his prices from $5k to $25k per month22:1...

    38 min

  6. 10/30/2024

    He Left Private Equity to Start a $1.5 million Deck Building Company - Jameson Haslam

    Jameson Haslam left his banking & private equity career to start a boring, home deck business in San Diego. He's already grown it to $1.5 million in annual revenue in a couple years. We talk about why he chose a boring business, how he sold his first project before he even had a business, and how he plans to scale it up.0:00 Introduction3:15 Airbnb Arbitrage5:55 Picking the home deck niche13:45 Generating leads20:29 This year's revenue & profit23:10 The growth playbook27:10 Collecting...

    43 min

  7. 10/23/2024

    Building The Largest Personal Training Company In The World - Josh York

    In today’s episode Boring Businesses, I’m joined by Josh York, founder and CEO of GymGuyz, the largest in-home and on-site personal training company in the world.Josh’s entrepreneurial journey is a testament to relentless grit, vision, and an unwavering commitment to innovation. He offers insights into leadership, scaling a franchise, and maintaining a strong company culture, all while motivating others to push past limits—both in fitness and life.Timestamps:00:00 Trailer00:31 Creating a cult...

    55 min

  8. 10/16/2024

    When Buying a Business, Should You Hire Your Own Operator? (Answering Audience Questions)

    When buying a business, should you keep the old owner on or hire your own operator?The short answer is we've done both. In this video, I go into some examples and the nuances of when keeping the old owner on won't work. Let me know if you have other questions for me to answer.If you like content about buying companies, investing, and building holding companies, subscribe to my weekly newsletter: https://sievakozinsky.com👉 Connect with SievaX: / sievakozinsky LinkedIn: / sk...

    5 min
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Sieva Kozinsky gets under the hood with boring businesses. Learn lessons directly from Sieva's friends, and entrepreneurs who have started and built multi-million dollar businesses in non-sexy industries.

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    Sieva Kozinsky
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    28
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