
Buying & Growing a Business While Keeping a Day Job
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How Dominick Blue bought an air duct cleaning business and took it into HVAC services, all while retaining his W-2.
Topics in Dominick’s interview:
- Keeping his W-2 while acquiring companies
- Mistakes he made during diligence
- Revamping service offerings
- Looking for “diamond in the rough” leaders
- Expanding from air duct cleaning into HVAC
- His fetal position moment
- Being ghosted by his bank
- Buying a business while expecting a baby
- Advantage of selling directly to consumers
- Drawing from his training in the U.S. Marines
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