Robert Graham & Aaron Blick's first acquisition did $1.2m SDE. Four years later, their roll-up generates $15m in EBITDA.
Topics in Robert & Aaron’s interview:
- Going from lifelong friends to business partners
- Impact of private equity on industry roll-ups
- Running their companies remotely
- A competing business poaching employees
- Financial shocks after taking ownership
- Why they believe in buying big
- Necessity of hiring presidents to operate their businesses
- Company presidents guaranteeing the SBA loan
- Blending SBA loans with a roll-up model
- How buyer-seller power dynamics shift after purchase
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