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Jul 2024
1h 46m

White Collar Roll-Up from $700k to $12m

Will Smith
About this episode

Jordan Evans left tech & bought a tiny, decades-old language services business. 6 years later, revenue is 17x larger.

Topics in Jordan’s interview:

  • Acquiring his parents’ language services business
  • Spending 2 years preparing the deal
  • Overpaying for a 180k SDE business
  • Doubling the businesses through organic growth
  • Pros and cons of seller notes
  • “We’re buying a bucket of people and problems”
  • Bolting on language companies as a growth strategy
  • How fast they integrate newly acquired businesses
  • Opportunities for white-collar rollups
  • Growing from 4 to 42 employees

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