{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Profits on Purpose","title":"Why He Said No to 9x EBITDA – Then Bought the Company Anyway | Morro Capital | Joel Gandara","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2241,"description":"How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here:\nhttps://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template\nMost founders go all in on one brand. Joel Gandara went the other way, building a portfolio of 14 e-commerce\nwebsites and more than 20 designer menswear brands at once, buying businesses through relationships rather than auctions, and folding them into shared infrastructure years before anyone called it an aggregator model.\nIn this episode, Joel and Nate talk about how he learned to sell, how he read a P&L to find value a headline valuation missed, and why he stepped back from a growing business at 39 to move into coaching. It's a conversation about risk, relationships, and knowing when enough is enough.\nIn this episode you'll learn:\nl Why Joel turned down a 9x EBITDA valuation, then bought the company two years later on his own terms\nl How reading a P&L line by line reveals costs a headline multiple hides\nl Why a handwritten note outperforms most sales tactics\nl What changed on a single bike ride that led Joel to step back from his business at 39\nConnect with Joel Gandara:\njoelgandara.com | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelgandara/\nWant to know if your business is as profitable as it should be? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template\nI hope you enjoyed this episode!\n Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.\n – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team\nConnect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/\nVisit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/\nJoin the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter\nListen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: \nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI\nApple Podcasts:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_cxG7RO1ZcnYwGXI1jP4ZK-pmU86wobwOhFfT9k5yjU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYTEz/MDg5MzFhZjJlMzkw/MDkxNDRlYzkyNWQx/ZGIzYi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}