Masters in Small Business M&A

Peter Lehrman

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.

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Masters in Small Business M&A

Episodes (25)

Fri Nov 6th 35 Years in American Investment Banking with John Hill, Managing Partner at Hyde Park Capital
Aug 6th Alex de Pfyffer and Ross Porter’s Journey from Self-Funded Search to a $220M Committed Fund
Jul 16th Trustworthy Searchers, SBA Policy, and Underwriting ETA Investments w/ Grant Hensel

Masters in Small Business M&A

Nov 6, 2026
53 minutes
48 MB

Today’s guest is John Hill, Managing Partner of Hyde Park Capital, a boutique investment bank he co-founded in 2000. Hyde Park focuses on raising capital and selling American lower middle market businesses with $5M to $50M in EBITDA. The firm has specialized bankers within the Healthcare, Technology, Industrials, Business & Financial Services, Consumer, and most recently, Digital Infrastructure verticals. John and Peter discuss what has changed and what has remained the same over more than three decades of lower middle market investment banking. John unpacks how and why private equity has become a dominant exit option for smaller busi...

Masters in Small Business M&A

35 Years in American Investment Banking with John Hill, Managing Partner at Hyde Park Capital

Peter Lehrman

00:00 -52:41