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Leyla Sudbury left BCG after a decade and bought a printed circuit board assembler in Austin with $2–3m of EBITDA.
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
Jason Leisey bought a two-truck federal contractor in Las Vegas from New Jersey, two months before COVID hit.
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Marco Hsu took over a Porsche upgrade maker run by one person, and now faces the same limits its founder did.
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Jeff Thompson took over an unprofitable elevator company as GM, with a pre-agreed right to buy it in pieces.
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Rahib Diwan started a short-term rental company, then bought another one 3x its size without having to use more cash.
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Jon Hyatt was under LOI on a dental practice when a late-night Craigslist search turned up one he couldn't resist.
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Elias Youssef stepped into an unprofitable plumbing company as its GM, grew it 6x, then got an SBA loan to buy it.
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Jay Boren bought a tiny grease tool business run out of a living room, then grew it into a brand with 250 products.
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Brendan Guerin was 21 when he and 3 friends bought a dog daycare on the side. Today: 6 Midwest locations.
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Tyler Hoffman has bought 4 telecom companies with no outside equity, and works 15 hours a week to get to $50m.
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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