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Martin Bispels updates us on the DTC ecommerce business he bought in 2020 and had grown to almost $2m/yr one year later.
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Derek Turner has done both a traditional search fund and self-funded. We hear both stories & explore the differences.
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2 previous guests, Mike Botkin & Adrian Pinto, are joining forces to grow a landscaping empire throughout the Southeast.
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With no finance background, Kevin Bibelhausen learned to raise money from investors & buy a 20-year-old fabric business.
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Alex Michael was seeking to acquire not just a business, but freedom. One year later, he reports back on how it's going.
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How Austin Smoak raised money from investors to buy a very profitable roofing business that he found on BizBuySell.
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Jérôme Bouillon bought a home care agency doing $500k/yr in 2018. Today it exceeds $1m and he's added a second location.
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Heather Shattuck-Heidorn was a tenure-tracked professor, but wanted out. Buying a business offered freedom & security.
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Having only ever managed a few people when he bought his business, Alex Glasner shares how the trial by fire is going.
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Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well.
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