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Episode Description
Steve Carroll started as an SBA searcher before pivoting to a PE-backed roll-up. It's gone better than he ever expected.
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Topics in Steve’s interview:
- Experience working for WalMart corporate
- Searching while working full time
- Myth of passive income
- Large dead deal costs from a failed acquisition
- Partnering with his childhood friend
- Underestimating working capital needs
- 100-hour weeks away from his family
- Rapidly scaling through M&A
- Beware owners who leave quickly
- Achieving $1 billion in revenue in 5 years
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron