Acquiring Minds
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Episode 178
Season 1
Rocky Transition: How to Survive, Then Thrive
Collapsing sales, unhelpful sellers, and a GM who quit. But 1 year later, Chris Jones is contemplating acquisition #2.
Topics in Chris’s interview:
- Buying a foundation repair business
- Finding discrepancies in QuickBooks
- His chaotic transition to CEO
- The GM leaving to start a competing company
- A dispute over money the seller owed
- Burning through cash the first winter
- Restructuring roles in the business
- Improvements in sales numbers
- Possibly acquiring a second business
- Optimism about the future of the company
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