Episode Description
Andrew Kurzrok connected with his seller over his manufacturing background, leading to a successful deal and transition.
Topics in Andrew’s interview:
- Background in science and national labs
- Spending all his time traveling for work
- Wanting to stop traveling when his son was born
- Studying management at Yale
- Gaining management experience before searching
- Making a “no” list
- Success with cold calling business owners
- Putting down 25% equity
- Regional moat of sheet metal
- His “crawl, walk, run” approach to operations
References and how to contact Andrew:
- Hopewell Sheet Metal Manufacturing
- Heather Endresen’s working capital webinar: Working Capital for SMB Acquisitions
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron