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Episode 294
Season 1
Small SDE, Big Upside: Buying a Business with 5 Employees
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Kristiana Laugen left tech to buy a 40-year-old pool business with $300k SDE. Fast growth from a small base is the plan.
Topics in Kristiana’s interview:
- Her career working for start-ups
- Her desire to “eat what she kills”
- Finding a business sooner than expected
- Acquiring a commercial pool maintenance/repair business
- How commercial pool maintenance differs from residential
- Quickly firing all but one technician
- Making changes in the first 90 days
- Seller retained 5% equity
- Using an app for routing efficiency
- The numbers game of hiring
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