The Intentional Owner

Kaustubh Deo & Sam Rosati

The Intentional Owner provides an in-depth & personal look at life as a small business owner. We discuss how to acquire, operate, and grow small businesses in ways that achieve positive impacts for yourself, for your family, for your employees, and for your community. We love everything to do with small business acquisitions & entrepreneurship and want to support our fellow small business owners in having a fulfilling life.

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The Intentional Owner

Episodes (33)

Feb 5th The Real Tradeoffs Between Operating and Investing - Mike Botkin - The Intentional Owner #31
Jan 23rd Buying a Business Means Owning the Sales Function with Andrew Gazdecki of Acquire.com - The Intentional Owner #30
Jan 8th Search Sucks, But it's Easier than Running a Business - The Intentional Owner #29

The Intentional Owner

Feb 5, 2026
1¼ hours
142 MB

In this episode of The Intentional Owner, Sam Rosati and Kaustubh Deo sit down with Mike Botkin for a wide-ranging conversation on operator mindset, capital alignment, and what it really takes to build and scale small businesses. Drawing from his experience growing a tiny landscaping company into one of the largest in the Southeast, Mike shares hard-earned lessons on choosing partners, knowing when to stay in the CEO seat, and why not all growth paths are created equal. The discussion blends candid reflections on leadership, stress, and lifestyle tradeoffs with tactical insights on capital structures and service business economics.<...

The Intentional Owner

The Real Tradeoffs Between Operating and Investing - Mike Botkin - The Intentional Owner #31

Kaustubh Deo & Sam Rosati

00:00 -01:15:23