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        <image:caption>How Kautilya built a proprietary acquisition pipeline in the UK immigration advisory market — a sector where almost no businesses are formally listed for sale.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Edition Zero: How This Is Bizness Began</news:title>
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        <image:title>Edition Zero: How This Is Bizness Began</image:title>
        <image:caption>The origin story of This Is Bizness — a weekly newsletter built around buying small businesses that eventually became Kautilya.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>Edition Zero: How This Is Bizness Began</image:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2023-06-09</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>My First Bizness Acquisition: An AI Student Tool with $500 MRR for $4K</news:title>
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        <image:title>My First Bizness Acquisition: An AI Student Tool with $500 MRR for $4K</image:title>
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      <news:title>The Pocket Fund: A Student-Led Acquisition Fund</news:title>
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        <image:caption>The origin of Pocket Fund — a $5,000 student-led acquisition fund built to buy, operate, and sell small online businesses.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>The Pocket Fund: A Student-Led Acquisition Fund</image:title>
        <image:caption>The origin of Pocket Fund — a $5,000 student-led acquisition fund built to buy, operate, and sell small online businesses.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>The Pocket Fund: A Student-Led Acquisition Fund</image:title>
        <image:caption>The origin of Pocket Fund — a $5,000 student-led acquisition fund built to buy, operate, and sell small online businesses.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>10 Reasons Why Now Is the Best Time to Start a Business in College</news:title>
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        <image:caption>Ten reasons why now is the best time to start a business in college — reduced costs, AI tools, and a generation-wide shift toward entrepreneurship.</image:caption>
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        <image:caption>Ten reasons why now is the best time to start a business in college — reduced costs, AI tools, and a generation-wide shift toward entrepreneurship.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>Pocket Deals #1: A $15K Micro-SaaS for Autism Support</news:title>
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      <news:title>My Morning Routine Is Looking at Acquire.com for 30 Minutes</news:title>
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        <image:title>My Morning Routine Is Looking at Acquire.com for 30 Minutes</image:title>
        <image:caption>Five practical strategies for filtering quality deals from marketplace noise, based on daily review of Acquire.com listings.</image:caption>
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        <image:caption>Five practical strategies for filtering quality deals from marketplace noise, based on daily review of Acquire.com listings.</image:caption>
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        <image:caption>Five practical strategies for filtering quality deals from marketplace noise, based on daily review of Acquire.com listings.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>My Morning Routine Is Looking at Acquire.com for 30 Minutes</image:title>
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        <image:title>My Morning Routine Is Looking at Acquire.com for 30 Minutes</image:title>
        <image:caption>Five practical strategies for filtering quality deals from marketplace noise, based on daily review of Acquire.com listings.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>How to Find Diamonds in the Rough</news:title>
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        <image:title>How to Find Diamonds in the Rough</image:title>
        <image:caption>The best acquisitions are businesses that previous owners failed to monetize — how to find them before anyone else.</image:caption>
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        <image:caption>The best acquisitions are businesses that previous owners failed to monetize — how to find them before anyone else.</image:caption>
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      <news:title>The Rise of Search Funds</news:title>
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        <image:caption>How a Stanford model from the 1980s became a distinct asset class — the rise of search funds and ETA in India.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>The Rise of Search Funds</image:title>
        <image:caption>How a Stanford model from the 1980s became a distinct asset class — the rise of search funds and ETA in India.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>The Rise of Search Funds</image:title>
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      <news:title>How We Closed $200K Worth of Deals in 6 Months</news:title>
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        <image:title>How We Closed $200K Worth of Deals in 6 Months</image:title>
        <image:caption>Five advisory deals, an eleven-person team, and the shift from buying to advising — how Kautilya closed $200K in deal value in 6 months.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>How We Closed $200K Worth of Deals in 6 Months</image:title>
        <image:caption>Five advisory deals, an eleven-person team, and the shift from buying to advising — how Kautilya closed $200K in deal value in 6 months.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>How We Closed $200K Worth of Deals in 6 Months</image:title>
        <image:caption>Five advisory deals, an eleven-person team, and the shift from buying to advising — how Kautilya closed $200K in deal value in 6 months.</image:caption>
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        <image:title>How We Closed $200K Worth of Deals in 6 Months</image:title>
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      <news:title>SmartPrompt: Two Deals Killed, One Asset Acquired</news:title>
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