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Jan 2024
1h 44m

14 Months from Searcher to $5.5m EBITDA

Will Smith
About this episode

Luis Aguilar found a $1.5m SDE commercial laundry business on BizBuySell, then a second acquisition followed quickly. 

Topics in Luis’s interview:

  • Geographical search in Florida
  • Working with SIG (Search Investment Group) to raise capital
  • Pitching investors and overcoming rejection
  • Negotiating a dead deal back to life
  • Acquiring a linen rental business
  • Second order effects of raising employee wages
  • Learning all the jobs in the business
  • Mental weight of being the chief decision maker
  • Doing a second big acquisition in the first year
  • Increasing profit in both businesses

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