The Joys & Pain of Owning a $10m City Bus Business

George Goates bought a small shuttle business that he's grown 4x in 8 years, partly by running buses for municipalities. 

Topics in George’s interview:

• Buying a transport/bussing company
• Pivoting into operating city buses
• Importance of relationships in securing contracts
• Impact of Covid
• Government corruption in urban transit
• Promotion opportunities for his employees 
• Nasty cost of doing business in bussing: frivolous lawsuits
• Potential for inorganic growth through acquisitions
• Different niches within transport
• Relevance of a finance background in his business

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• RTW Management

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