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Mitchell Sorkin started by buying 3 ATMs in 2021. Today he has over 140 machines and is targeting $5m EBITDA in 3 years.
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Chris Munn, Bakari Akil, and Bruce Vann reflect on being Black men who bought businesses & why this path is so powerful.
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Matt Huggins bought a small water & cable utility doing $200k/year. 15 years later, his holdco is on track for $20m/yr.
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Holdco entrepreneur Chase Murdock buys very small businesses with potential for rapid growth & decades of staying power.
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Amir Haboosheh was drawn to the double-opportunity in acquiring home services businesses: the financial, and the impact.
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Mark Sinatra returns to explain what to diligence from an HR perspective when buying your business.
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Sam Rosati shares a framework to clarify your search criteria & reduce the months it takes to find a business to buy.
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James Bloom has 8x'd a small mechanical contractor he bought only 4 years ago, despite it being a competitive industry.
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3 days into Monte Marcum's acquisition of an established franchise, key equipment breaks. Then the crises kept coming.
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Niklas James started off as a self-funded searcher, but evolved into being an independent sponsor of 7 acquisitions.
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