
About this episode
Jenna Whigham and her brother bought a large business for a search fund, then grew it 6x larger over the last 5 years.
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Topics in Jenna’s interview:
- Investment banking during the 2008 crisis
- Launching a traditional search fund with her brother
- Golden Retrievers led to an acquisition
- Acquiring a $100 million company
- Financial risk of being a “price taker”
- Expanding through M&A
- Software “Trojan Horse” strategy
- How they decide which states to expand to
- Managing a 25% staff turnover rate
- Realities of home care and compliance incidents
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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