{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast","title":"From $18M AI Founder to a Cleaning Business (Working 15hr/week)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3240,"description":"Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt\nIn this episode, Rob Carpenter breaks down why he walked away from an $18M AI company to buy residential cleaning businesses, how he closed his first deal in six weeks, and what running blue-collar companies actually taught him.\n◼️ Why three of the most powerful people in AI convinced him to bet on blue collar instead of white collar\n◼️ How he closed his first acquisition in just six weeks, and the one holdout that almost blew the timeline\n◼️ The off-market deal he landed from a 72-year-old who'd owned his location for 40 years\n◼️ The expensive mistake he made in his first six months that made him reverse every single change he'd made\n◼️ What a 15-hour work week actually looks like when you're done by 11am and picking your kids up at 3\nSubscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/\nFollow Helen:\nTwitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ip8VYvVHcoJHaY9Kig3G0657tlc8W7tE_65VKMhQgKc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZGJh/YTEwNmZhZTcyYWJk/OWU0OGM3MDM2Mzcy/MmUxNy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}