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From $700k Purgatory to $3m: A Mosquito Joe Update

Acquiring Minds

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Neil Finneran returns 3 years after buying a business so small it barely paid him a salary — now on pace for $800k.

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Topics in Neil’s interview:

  • Neil’s previous appearance on Acquiring Minds
  • His background in hedge funds
  • Pain of buying small
  • Managing labor and no-shows
  • Implementing a hybrid-pay model for techs
  • The acquisition that tripled his revenue
  • Christmas lights services in the off season
  • Rising customer acquisition costs
  • Barriers to entry in pest control
  • Why his outcome diverged from Jesse Sunquist’s

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron

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From $700k Purgatory to $3m: A Mosquito Joe Update

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