About this episode
He started by buying a small flooring business in 2000. Today Paul Lajoie takes home $1m a year and works how he wants.
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Topics in Paul’s interview:
- Background in Big Six accounting
- Buying the first business he looked at
- Partnering with his brother
- Downsizing his lifestyle in the beginning
- Underestimating working capital needs
- Detailed partnership agreements
- You are not smarter than the seller
- Pivoting to remodeling after 2008 crash
- Acquisition vs startup success rates
- His BizBuyPro community
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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