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Oct 2023
1h 23m

Boom, Bust, Boom: Buying a Whiplash Busi...

Will Smith
About this episode

Chandler Reed reflects on buying a project-based business in 2021, seeing sales soar, then crash, then surge again. 

Topics in Chandler’s interview:

  • His unconventional entrance into the search space
  • Buying a commercial lighting contractor
  • Incentivizing the sole employee to stay on
  • The challenges of managing people
  • The ups and downs of project-based revenue
  • How interest rates affected his deal flow
  • Involvement with Sam Rosati’s boot camp
  • Choosing a business based on desired lifestyle
  • Pros and cons of subcontracting
  • His preference for digital over physical businesses

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