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Episode Description
Smithlist is a job board for leadership roles at small businesses. If you're not ready to buy a business but want to lead one:
When Luis Reyes bought a small fire safety business, he saw an opportunity. 24 acquisitions later, he's at $8m EBITDA.
Topics in Luis’s interview:
- Luis’s early career
- Launching a roll-up strategy in Spain
- Identifying consolidation opportunities
- First acquisitions in poultry distribution and fire safety
- Building and leading a team for a high-velocity, high-volume roll-up
- Integrating operational-complex businesses at scale
- Leveraging AI in fire safety
- Spain’s capital markets
- Adapting acquisition criteria
- Goal for the platform
References and how to contact Luis:
Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business:
- Email Nick Akers at nick@inzotechnologies.com, and tell him you’re a searcher
Download the New CEO’s Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR:
- From this page or contact mark@aspenhr.com
Work with an SBA loan team focused exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:
Connect with Acquiring Minds:
- See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
- Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
- Follow Will on Twitter
Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron