The Best (and Worst) Businesses to Buy in 2026

**Nicole Lapin** (0:00)
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**Codie Sanchez** (3:33)
You don't need to be smart or brilliant or remember everything to run a really profitable business. You need named frameworks and systems that you can steal from other people in order to take their 10,000 hours and apply it to you.

**Nicole Lapin** (3:43)
You know Codie Sanchez as the woman who made buying a laundromat sound cooler than launching a startup. She built contrarian thinking by shouting from the rooftops that boring businesses are the most overlooked path to wealth in America. Today she talks about the thesis of her new book, Own or Be Owned, and how to tell if you're addicted to your own business.

**Codie Sanchez** (4:04)
If you are a founder and you are trying to be a hero all the time, you will eventually do as Spider-Man says, you'll become the villain. You want to be a hero because it tastes like heroin. It is the most addictive substance in the world to feel needed.

**Nicole Lapin** (4:17)
We talk about how conventional rise and grind advice is complicated for pregnant women.