Episode Description
Scott Crosby weathered the challenges that come with buying a 4.5-employee services business, and Year 2 is looking up.
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Topics in Scott’s interview:
- His 2 major career-defining moments
- 20-hour days in film production
- Risks of buying from younger owners
- Economic development resource centers: a hidden gem
- Looking for business-buyer fit
- Using an analysis tool he found on TikTok
- First-time buyer mistakes
- Replacing nearly the entire staff
- Underestimating the stress of ownership
- Modernizing dusty operations
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- scottallencrosby@gmail.com
- American Services St. Louis
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron