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Codie + Dean + Pace + Vanessa = Feb 20-22

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Contrarian Thinking’s February 13, 2026 newsletter is a promotional email for Main Street Millionaire Live, a virtual event running February 20–22. The lineup centers on small-business acquisition tactics: Codie Sanchez on evaluating and buying service businesses, Pace Morby on creative financing, Vanessa Van Edwards on persuasion and negotiation, and CT executives on deal flow, off-market sourcing, and screening hundreds of acquisition opportunities.

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title: Codie + Dean + Pace + Vanessa = Feb 20-22

author: Contrarian Thinking

content_type: newsletter

publication: contrarianthink.com

published: 2026-02-13T13:50:59-06:00

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Hey there, You can read about buying businesses. Or you can learn from people who've actually done it. Here's who's in the room at Main Street Millionaire Live: Codie Sanchez – NYT Best-Selling Author. Former Goldman Sachs, State Street, and Vanguard. Built a billion-dollar asset management firm, then left to buy "boring businesses" for herself. Now runs a portfolio of car washes, laundromats, and service businesses through Main Street Holding Company. She's sharing the exact frameworks she uses to evaluate and acquire. Dean Graziosi – Best-selling author and mastermind behind some of the largest business education events in the world. Teaching how to build conviction and take action when everyone else is stuck in analysis paralysis. Pace Morby – Author, investor, and founder of SubTo. Built a real estate empire using creative financing strategies most people have never heard of. Breaking down how to structure deals that don't drain your savings. Vanessa Van Edwards – Best-selling author and behavioral investigator. The skills that close deals aren't just financial. She's covering the human side: negotiation, persuasion, and reading the room. Marc Hustvedt – President of Contrarian Thinking. Runs the machine behind CT's deal flow and portfolio growth. Sharing what the team looks for when evaluating hundreds of opportunities. Bobby Graham – President of BizScout, the marketplace CT built to help buyers find off-market deals. Teaching how to source opportunities before they hit the open market. Plus Rylan Harvey (Director of Strategy and Growth) and Carter Williams (Growth Advisor) from the CT deal team sharing real-time insights from active acquisitions. This isn't a webinar with a guest appearance. It's 3 days of tactical sessions with people who've closed real deals and are showing you exactly how they did it. We can't guarantee this lineup for future events. Schedules change. People get busy buying businesses. February 20–22 | Live Virtual Event >> See the full lineup + grab your seat << – Team CT