Small Business Supremacy (ft. William Fry)
May 18, 2026
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as posted by the channelThis week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Will Fry, founder and CEO of American Operator, to dig into one of the most important and least discussed crises facing the American economy: the small business succession problem. Over half of America's 6 million small businesses with employees are owned by someone over 55, most of them have no exit plan.
If nothing changes, millions of them will either be swallowed by private equity or simply shut down.
Will explains how American Operator is building a model to keep these businesses in local hands, why the SBA is actually one of the most effective federal agencies in Washington, and what the ‘Deez Nuts’ grill brush story tells you about the state of American manufacturing. They also get into hiring philosophy, what makes a great operator, and where CAN Main Street go from here.
Small business owners, sound off in the comments.
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(00:00) Welcome to Moment of Truth
(02:21) What Is American Operator
(04:41) Growing Up Around Small Businesses
(06:32) Refusing the McKinsey Path
(09:21) How the American Operator Model Works
(13:33) Finding the Right Operator for the Right Business
(14:28) What Happens to Main Street if Nobody Solves This Problem
(17:42) Civic Renewal
(19:59) Is Private Equity Evil?
(24:26) How the SBA Seven A Loan Program Works
(29:45) The Deez Nuts Grill Brush and American Manufacturing
(31:22) What Makes the Best Operator
(35:46) Hiring Philosophy and Interviewing
(38:27) How American Moment and American Operator Find Talent
(44:26) Five Things Will Would Tell Kelly Loeffler and Scott Bessent
(48:51) The SBA Loan Cap Needs to Rise With Inflation
(50:41) Fixing the Purgatory Between Seven A and SBIC
(53:28) Rural America Is Where This Matters Most
(55:24) Defining the Win — 10,000 Businesses and a Main Street ETF
(58:03) Where to Find Will and American Operator
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