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John Ikalowych shares his traumatic journey of going all-in to buy a hail-repair business, then having to shut it down.
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Morli Desai left corporate to scratch her entrepreneurial itch, using an SBA loan to buy an ecommerce biz with $1m SDE.
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Pawel Kosicki learned about buying small businesses in July. By January, he'd bought one himself with 7 figures of SDE.
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Damon Chlarson takes a job in tech sales, despite having improved the business he bought & surviving a tough year.
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Brenden Van Buren is growing his fencing business, despite the industry's notorious cyclicality & project-based revenue.
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Justin Turner returns with details on 2 new acquisitions by his holdco Traction, plus updates on the existing 4 portcos.
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Michael Arrieta's holdco has made 3 acquisitions since 2020. Sales & culture, not tech, have proven to be the key levers.
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After a rollercoaster year in his appliance repair business, John Schooler returns with scars, wisdom, and optimism.
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Andrew Hitchings bought a $250k SDE cooling biz. It has grown 3x and will now fund a 2nd acquisition, with more to come.
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Andrew Sieve saw his life implode after COVID. Buying a highly profitable 40-year-old restaurant turned things around.
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