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It took Alex Holley a few months of daily meetings to find a $4.5m home services business in his local Louisville, KY.
Topics in Alex’s interview:
- Networking through 100 meetings in 4 months
- Buying 2 businesses at once
- Learning how to run a crew
- Going on jobs to learn about the work
- Leaving consulting for blue-collar industry
- Owning weather-dependent businesses
- Taking on a friend as a silent partner
- A close call with payroll the first week
- Building rapport with the employees
- Having a blast in home services
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- Produced by Pam Cameron
- Edited by Anton Rohozov
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