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Uber Driver to 7-Figure Exit in 3 Years

84 min • 15 maj 2023

Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well. 

Topics in Ben’s interview:

  • Buying a pool service business, putting in only $100 of his own money for equity
  • Changes he made to employee compensation (and why)
  • Acquiring a second pool business
  • Why Ben became certified to do pool maintenance himself
  • How Ben improved company culture
  • Why he didn’t want to hire a GM
  • Selling his company to Pool Troopers
  • Launching a fund for self-funded searchers
  • The type of searcher he wants to fund
  • What a self-funded deal looks like

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