Jonah Pollone

Jonah Pollone

I work for MidStreet Mergers and Acquisitions, a business intermediary firm that specializes in the sale of small and mid-size businesses.

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Welcome to the Owner Operated newsletter. In this week's show, I spoke with Artem Lopatchenko, CPA, owner of AdvantaClean of Cary-Apex, co-owner of Ace Handyman Services of the Greater Triangle and Johnston County areas, real estate investor, and adjunct professor of accounting at Western Connecticut State University. Artem is raising

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In this week's show, I spoke with Alex Mihajlov and Trevor Chambers. Alex and Trevor are wealth advisors at Olde Raleigh Financial Group, an independent financial advisory firm in Raleigh, NC.

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In episode 16, I had a great conversation with Billy Van Eaton, owner of Cumberland Landscape Group and Talents Equity.

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For episode 15, we're starting the new year off right with a fascinating niche Main Street business. I spoke with Jeff Johnson, the owner of Power Mulch, a material-blowing company based in Smithfield, North Carolina.

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In this episode, I spoke with Katherine Dunlevie, the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the Family Office at Synovus, a family office headquartered in Columbus, Georgia, focusing on families with wealth in excess of $25 million.

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Nick Earls and Eric DiNicola are co-founders and managing principals of Winterspring Capital and co-owners of PWN Development based in the Greater Boston area.

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Mel is the president and co-owner of Product Recovery Management (PRM) and Triangle Stainless, alongside his brother, Brian Phillips.

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In Owner Operated's very first virtual episode, I had a great conversation with John Rumsey, co-owner of RHA Wealth in Raleigh about managing personal and small business finances.

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. This week, I spoke with Lane Riley, previous owner of Happy Home Heating and Cooling in Durham, North Carolina. Lane purchased the company in 2010 and grew it from $1 million to $6 million in sales over 10 years. In 2020,

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. This week, I spoke with Scott Maitland, owner of Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A graduate of West Point, Scott is the proprietor of Top of the Hill Restaurant and Brewery, an iconic Chapel

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. We're back! This week, I decided to challenge myself to record my first solo episode. I talk about what I've learned about small business from the podcast conversations I've had so far and from working with owners at MidStreet. Listen to

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. This week, I spoke with Josh Swindell, one of the three partners of Envision Homes, a homebuilder in Raleigh, North Carolina. Listen to this week's show on Spotify, Apple, Google Podcasts or Stitcher. A big shout-out to Erik Sullivan, who represented

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. This week, I spoke with Tim Hunter of Fidelity Bank, a fourth-generation-owned family business. Tim and I met through a mutual connection with Jed Byrne, who writes the Top 5 newsletter. We bonded over our mutual appreciation for small and blue-collar

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This week, I spoke with Erik Sullivan, my close friend and coworker at MidStreet. Listen for why everyone should own a small business once in their life (see below).

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Welcome to Owner Operated: Conversations with Small Business Millionaires. This week, I spoke with Melissa Herzog, owner of FullCircle Private Wealth Management of Raymond James.

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