
About this episode
Adam Whelchel paid himself instead of the IRS, putting $35k down on an escape room doing $365k with room to grow.
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Topics in Adam’s interview:
- Built a $1.5M accounting firm
- Business brokerage opened the acquisition door
- Wanted a business his daughter could appreciate
- An escape room caught his attention
- Fixed costs created massive operating leverage
- Bought the business for roughly $220K
- Put about $35K into the deal
- Business acquisition as a tax strategy
- Re-engaged customers and local businesses
- Plans to double capacity to 20%
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- Axis Accounting & Tax
- Jeff Homer on Acquiring Minds: 1 Music School to $100m in Revenue
- Adam’s slides
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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