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Inspired Or Acquired
Приєднався 9 бер 2024
Inspired Or Acquired is the show where business owners get a valuation and share if they'd sell or hold on.
Our guests own landscaping, web design, franchise, content, recruiting businesses, and more. They share real numbers and get a valuation for their business from Clint Fiore who is a business broker. We discuss if they'd want to sell or not right now, then also look 5 years into the future and do financial modeling in excel.
Inspired Or Acquired is hosted by Clint Fiore and Patrick Dichter. Clint Fiore is a business broker and founder of Bison Business. www.bisonbusiness.com
Patrick Dichter owns Appletree Business Services, an accounting and tax firm serving small businesses nationwide. www.appletreebusiness.com
Our guests own landscaping, web design, franchise, content, recruiting businesses, and more. They share real numbers and get a valuation for their business from Clint Fiore who is a business broker. We discuss if they'd want to sell or not right now, then also look 5 years into the future and do financial modeling in excel.
Inspired Or Acquired is hosted by Clint Fiore and Patrick Dichter. Clint Fiore is a business broker and founder of Bison Business. www.bisonbusiness.com
Patrick Dichter owns Appletree Business Services, an accounting and tax firm serving small businesses nationwide. www.appletreebusiness.com
Jameson Haslam - Can West Coast Decks grow to $10 million?
What does a Stanford grad and former investment banking employee employee do when they start their own business? A deck construction company of course. Jameson Haslam has quickly built West Coast Deck to over $1.2M revenue within 2.5 years. He's dialed in content marketing and social media, and built some innovative online tools that he might license to other contractors. We discuss if he would sell today, new products he's launching, and how he's modeling his business after other $7-10M deck builders in other markets. Jameson is funny, scrappy and reflective. Enjoy!
Jameson Haslam on X: jamesonhaslam
West Coast Decks: www.westcoastdeck.com/
Clint Fiore & Bison Business: bisonbusiness.com/
Patrick Dichter & Appletree: appletreebusiness.com/
Jameson Haslam on X: jamesonhaslam
West Coast Decks: www.westcoastdeck.com/
Clint Fiore & Bison Business: bisonbusiness.com/
Patrick Dichter & Appletree: appletreebusiness.com/
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Відео
Ian McKenna - To Sell Or Grow A Great Lab Services Business?
Переглядів 27День тому
Ian started InTech Scientific years ago and it's become a very profitable and well respected business. He services lab equipment in universities, hospitals and bioteach startups through New England. Now he's getting inquiries and offers from buyers, and he's wondering what his business is worth and what a sale could look like. We also discuss if he decided to staff up and scale to 2-3x the valu...
Cheryl Ham - Building A Craft & Subscription Business To +$1M Revenue
Переглядів 6021 день тому
Cheryl Ham has built Hypnotic Yarn into a $1M revenue business with 28% net profit margin and 80% of revenue on a subscription basis. She was an amazing story of trying to 'create a little side hustle' that has become a great business with a great mission to help customers unleash their creativity. We discuss what her business might be worth today and future plans for the company. Hypnotic Yarn...
Devin Wanzor - Lessons Buying and Selling 10 Businesses
Переглядів 51Місяць тому
Devin Wanzor has bought and sold more than 10 businesses. He joins the podcast to share his journey from being an SBA lender to being part of a sign manufacturing roll up to buying a high end liquor store and recently buying a business close to his passion for flying planes. We also discuss how he's improved profitability as an operator and his unique perspective helping others with financial d...
Chis Edwards - Buying, Growing, and Selling A Flooring Business
Переглядів 75Місяць тому
Chris Edwards recently sold his flooring business in Steamboat, Colorado. He bought the business just 3.5 years prior then quickly grew revenue 50% and grew EBITDA 100%. He's an amazing example of what's possible in acquisition entrepreneurship. Our conversation dives into the hard lessons, growth levers, and his decision to sell. Chris Edwards on X: toph_edwards Chris Edwards on Li...
POV Husband - Buying Restaurants, Real Estate & Content Creation
Переглядів 2,1 тис.Місяць тому
'POV Husband' is a genuine, funny follow on TikTok and Instagram. Prior to becoming a content creator he worked in banking and bought a business to escape his 9-5. He ended up buying a fast casual restaurant in 2020. Then they quickly bought a 2nd and 3rd location with real estate. In 2022 they decided to sell 2 of the locations. We discuss how much they made on the sale, why restaurants sell f...
Matt Cafrelli - From CPA To Home Services HoldCo
Переглядів 64Місяць тому
Matt Cafrelli left a stable career in accounting to dive into the riskier world of acquisition entrepreneurship. He and his partner created a HoldCo to buy some service businesses. Their first acquisition was a window cleaning company in April 2023, followed quickly by a landscaping business in March 2024. We discuss the pros and cons of buying on the small side, future acquisitions, and their ...
Jesus Montelongo - Inspiring Story Of Growing Longhill Contracting to +$2.7M EBTIDA
Переглядів 31Місяць тому
Jesus started Longhill Contracting 7 years ago doing drywall and paint contracting for home builders and multifamily developers. They've grown organically very quickly due to Jesus' servant leadership, his great team doing great work, and housing growth in Colorado. In 2024 they're on pace for $23M revenue and $2.7M EBITDA. We discuss what his company is worth today and where he wants to take i...
Mike Pedro - Scaling & Selling A Med Spa Group Platform
Переглядів 262 місяці тому
Mike Pedro and Danielle Pedro started MD Esthetics med spa in 2018. They've grown quickly to 13 locations and $2.5M EBITDA through acquisitions and brand new locations. They recently signed a Letter of Intent to join forces with a private equity group - so we dive into how the deal happened, picking their PE partner, and their growth plans. This is a fascinating interview to hear from someone i...
Johannes Hock - Leaving Private Equity Career To 10x DFW Turf
Переглядів 892 місяці тому
Johannes Hock left private equity early in his career with the aim to build wealth faster through an exit after buying a business. In 2022 he bought DFW Turf and he's quickly grown the business from $5M to $20M revenue and 3 states through organic growth and additional acquisitions. He sees a path within a few years to $50M revenue and healthy EBITDA before an exit. We discuss whether he enjoys...
Mike Botkin - Massive Landscaping Rollup & Exit Within 2 years
Переглядів 542 місяці тому
Mike Botkin is an incredible story of what's possible in the small to mid sized acquisitions space. He left a great job to buy a very small $780k revenue residential landscaping acquisition. Then he completed 6 more acquisitions and focused on commercial maintenance landscaping. They ended up becoming one of the top 100 biggest landscaping companies nationwide and exited - all within 2 years ti...
Ryan Bakke - Quickly Scaling a CPA Firm
Переглядів 1372 місяці тому
Ryan Bakke has built Tax Strategy 365 very quickly and his profit margins are 20-30% better than most similar tax firms. This also makes it difficult to place a value on and tough to tempt him to want to sell. We dive deep into the marketing tactics and funnel he uses to grow quickly and where his firm is headed before he tries to sell. Ryan Bakke on X: LearnLikeaCPA Tax Strategy 36...
Jordan Evans - Buying The Family Business and Scaling to $12M
Переглядів 263 місяці тому
Jordan Evans bought his parents small language services business and has grown it very quickly to $12M revenue. He discusses how they've growth through organic growth and additional acquisitions. And he has his sites set on $50M revenue before a possible exit. Jordan Evans on X: JordanPEvans The Language Network: www.languagenetworkusa.com/
Baird Kleinsmith - Building a +$28M Storage Portfolio & LatAm Staffing Firm
Переглядів 533 місяці тому
Baird Kleinsmith loves to say he bought a few 'crappy little self storage' businesses. The reality is within 3 short years he took massive action and calculated risk to build up a self storage portfolio worth over $28M. He's also started HireLATAM, an offshore staff business that's growing steadily. We discuss if he'd want to sell, what he wants to do next, and trying not to get bored at this s...
Jeff Toren - Top Franchise Entrepreneur Shares Highs and Lows
Переглядів 373 місяці тому
Jeff Toren owns two franchise concepts in Philadelphia - 7 KitchenTuneUp locations and 2 iLoveKickBoxing locations. He's been the #1 franchisee for sales in KitchenTuneUp prior years and in the top performers for iLoveKickBoxing. But the last 2-3 years have been really hard going through massive growth, then not being profitable, and currently back to stable profits. Jeff admits he's debated se...
Alex Forbes - To Scale? Or Sell His Custom Cabinetry Business?
Переглядів 393 місяці тому
Alex Forbes - To Scale? Or Sell His Custom Cabinetry Business?
Craig Hausz - Are Accounting Firms or Wealth Management Firms More Valuable?
Переглядів 704 місяці тому
Craig Hausz - Are Accounting Firms or Wealth Management Firms More Valuable?
Austin Linney - Crazy HVAC Acquisition Rollercoaster
Переглядів 1064 місяці тому
Austin Linney - Crazy HVAC Acquisition Rollercoaster
Lauren Coleman - Turning Motel Acquisitions Into Development and Hospitality Brands
Переглядів 194 місяці тому
Lauren Coleman - Turning Motel Acquisitions Into Development and Hospitality Brands
Dustin Keller - Inspiring Rollup of Auto Repair and Real Estate
Переглядів 444 місяці тому
Dustin Keller - Inspiring Rollup of Auto Repair and Real Estate
Peter Lohmann - Could he be tempted to sell his property management business soon?
Переглядів 535 місяців тому
Peter Lohmann - Could he be tempted to sell his property management business soon?
Alan Pentz - A Clear Vision For A Big Exit
Переглядів 335 місяців тому
Alan Pentz - A Clear Vision For A Big Exit
All Alaska Outdoors - How do you value this incredible fishing lodge and real estate?
Переглядів 275 місяців тому
All Alaska Outdoors - How do you value this incredible fishing lodge and real estate?
Eversite with Joe & Rob Benson - A Business Model Buyers Love
Переглядів 536 місяців тому
Eversite with Joe & Rob Benson - A Business Model Buyers Love
Josh Hall - Making Web Designer Pro To A Sellable Asset
Переглядів 286 місяців тому
Josh Hall - Making Web Designer Pro To A Sellable Asset
Bryant Suellentrop Discusses Selling Part of His Company
Переглядів 686 місяців тому
Bryant Suellentrop Discusses Selling Part of His Company
Kriss Berg - 7 Figure Profits DTC Business & Car Washes
Переглядів 827 місяців тому
Kriss Berg - 7 Figure Profits DTC Business & Car Washes
Valuing Nolan Gore's Landscaping Business Today and 5 Years Out
Переглядів 657 місяців тому
Valuing Nolan Gore's Landscaping Business Today and 5 Years Out
Sam Leslie Shares Debating Selling His Plumbing Company
Переглядів 757 місяців тому
Sam Leslie Shares Debating Selling His Plumbing Company
Would Brian Beers sell or hold his $5M EBITDA Midas franchise group?
Переглядів 1977 місяців тому
Would Brian Beers sell or hold his $5M EBITDA Midas franchise group?
Loved this! Excellent questions and POV husband did great at answering
Huge fan of pov husband. Bro started and succeeded with just 50k through sheer work ethic. Makes me think wtf am i waiting for??
He is such an intelligent guest, and his content is hilarious
I want to be like Cheryl when I grow up 😊
Yeah she's so inspiring and just getting going
Umm
So happy I found your guys’ channel! I’ve been trying to get information on the restaurant business!
Thanks for subscribing!
cool guest!!! i've seen his stuff before
Thanks! Yeah his TikTok and IG is hilarious, and his UA-cam videos are great
What a trio! Great ep.