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9 months after Jesse Safir bought a printing biz, Covid cratered it. 3 years later, sales are nearing pre-Covid levels.
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2 searchers, Kaustubh Deo & Kevin Bibelhausen, share how they found investors to provide money to buy their businesses.
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It CAN be done: Matthew Saskin recently acquired a big towing business, hiring an operator to run it from day 1.
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Caroline Chapdelaine seized opportunity when a biomed company needed to sell a $2m unit that made special defense tech.
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Despite dire warnings against it, Reg Zeller bought a foundry. He's since bought 6 more & sees a clear path to $100m/yr.
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Adrian Pinto returns to reflect on his 1.5 years as owner of a landscaping business that he's grown from $3m to $6m/yr.
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Michael Horowitz was looking to buy an independent business when a different path opened up. Today he owns 20 Wingstops.
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Kaustubh Deo reflects on his first year as the owner of a tree business versus his former life in NYC private equity.
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Adam Duggins had 650 meetings to find his first business in 2013, not expecting he'd buy 3 more over the next 10 years.
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Bruce Vann returns to update us on his manufacturing business, and a thesis around the roll-up of window blinds stores.
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