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Apr 2024
1h 43m

Selling $100k of Dog Training… Per Day

Will Smith
About this episode

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Garth Fasano searched part time for 5 years before finding a target with very sticky revenue & great business-buyer fit.

Topics in Garth’s interview:

  • Searching for 5 years
  • Benefiting from the SBA looking at calendar-year financials (not TTM)
  • Top Dog’s unique business model
  • Why this business should be bought, not built
  • His relationship to a dog training franchise
  • Impact of outcome-based pricing  
  • Purposely hiring less-experienced sales people
  • How Top Dog differs from online marketing
  • Expanding to industries outside of dog training
  • His passion project: ski huts

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