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Zach Smith bought a 30-year-old membership business that connects patients with dentists to return it to former glory.
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Most first-timers shy away from buying across borders. Not Christi Loucks, whose Canadian acquisition did $550k of SDE.
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Garth Fasano searched part time for 5 years before finding a target with very sticky revenue & great business-buyer fit.
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Robert Graham & Aaron Blick's first acquisition did $1.2m SDE. Four years later, their roll-up generates $15m in EBITDA.
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John Murphy pushed through divorce, $500k debt, and a bad broken deal to finally buy a 60-year-old business doing $8m.
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Reid Tileston bought a business that relied on $800k trucks, capex he came to love for the fat margins they produced.
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Rafael Quinn shares the story & principles behind buying 3 businesses in Panama then raising $28m to buy more in the US.
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The construction services business Christian Bateson bought will do $7.5m in 2024. It also rescued him from the depths.
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Patrick Norris bought a small trash business doing $625k. Five years later and 4.5x bigger, a strategic got interested.
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Only after Matt Jackson bought a roofing business in the hurricane state did he realize just how big the opportunity is.
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