Acquiring Minds
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Episode 136
Season 1
From Determined Searcher to $75m Accidental Holdco
Adam Duggins had 650 meetings to find his first business in 2013, not expecting he'd buy 3 more over the next 10 years.
Topics in Adam Duggins’s interview:
- Meeting with 650 people (in person!) during his search
- How Adam found his partner & structured their ownership
- How Adam became a holdco without meaning to
- How motivating blue collar workers versus white collar careerists is different
- Why Adam prefers working with blue collar versus white collar
- Buying businesses in overlooked geographies
- A bit about each of Adam's 4 businesses: steel fabrication, commercial HVAC, Jet-Hot, boiler services
- What to love about businesses in the construction industry
- Stability vs. growth
- Early mistakes as an owner
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