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Oct 23
1h 35m

From €4 Million, to Zero, to €12 Million

Will Smith
About this episode

Despite skepticism from her US investors, Ivona Butcher bought (and tripled) a business in her native Czech Republic.

Topics in Ivona’s interview:

  • Doing business in a post-Soviet culture
  • Determination to acquire in the Czech Republic
  • Buying a business as a married couple
  • Getting into exhibition services right before Covid
  • Losing all revenue at onset of Covid
  • Pivoting to virtual events
  • Finding work for their carpenters and metalsmiths
  • Aggressively re-negotiating their loan with the bank
  • Buying back the seller note at a huge discount
  • Surviving Covid and doubling EBITDA

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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