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After 5 years of owning a scale business, Matt Bauer & Chris Hartman were burning out. Fortunately they'd created value.
Topics in Matt and Chris’s interview:
- Two military buddies bought a scale business
- Demanding grind of the industry
- Downside of providing a mission-critical service
- Building a sales team to grow the business
- Challenges in training technicians
- Attempting to acquire a competitor
- Doubling earnings in 5 years
- Deciding it was time to sell
- Their 8-figure exit
- Investing in a port-a-potty startup
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