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Acquiring Minds

2 Welders and a Shop... to $3.8m in Sales

104 min • 10 juni 2024

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Matt Pohl & his wife bought a small welding business with extreme key person risk. They 4x'd the business in 2 years.

Topics in Matt’s interview:

  • Starting, growing and selling his own business
  • Acquiring a welding business with his wife
  • Learning how to hire welders
  • The difficulties of hiring through a staffing agency
  • Transient nature of welders
  • Growing while maintaining margins
  • Stress of running a business
  • Comparing zero-to-one to acquisition
  • Cashflow management in a project-based business
  • Using ReWild’s methods to grow the business

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