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When the owner refused a seller note in the $6m transaction to sell his business, Tom McCormick had to get creative.
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
Despite his love of operations, Himmat Singh intended to own his acquisition passively. Then the lead sales guy quit.
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When Alan Turkus found a business with a mission, he knew he'd found the right fit for the final chapter of his career.
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Brendan Burdette and Ryan Conner have launched personal guarantee insurance to enable more — and stronger — SBA buyers.
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Greg Shapiro & Zach Cooper-Vastola are building a long-term, compounding business they see as the anti-PE of the trades.
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The first business Joe Wechsler bought had $280k of SDE. Seven years later, he runs a fund with $50m of buying power.
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As a South African in the US, Justus Luttig had to get creative to search then buy 2 trades businesses at the same time.
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David Graf went after a business that had sat on the market, acquiring $750k of EBITDA for 2.7x. It's going well.
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Truc Nguyen has acquired 2 nail salons, an overlooked but fragmented industry where businesses trade at low multiples.
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Gant Elmore and Matt Moldenhauer each bought $2m businesses they built over years. Today their holdco does over $200m.
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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