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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Private Equity Playbook Most Small Business Owners Never Get Access To

Oct 11, 2026 · 20m

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Out of 1,600 businesses analyzed, not a single one was overpriced. That's just one of the uncomfortable truths Codie Sanchez has uncovered from the inside. Motley Fool analyst Rachel Warren talks with Codie Sanchez — former Wall Street investor, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Contrarian Thinking — about the private equity frameworks she's now deploying for everyday small business owners. They get into why most founders have accidentally built a job rather than a business, what the $650 billion wave of PE capital moving into Main Street means for owners who are unprepared for acquisition, and the five tools any business owner can implement immediately to start running…