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Enrique Rodriguez bought a project-based construction business (gasp) with $1.4m in revenue. One year later it's at $4m.
Topics in Enrique’s interview:
- 17 years in project-based construction
- Getting his MBA and electrician’s license
- Buying too small for an SBA loan
- Bringing a machine gun to a knife fight
- Injecting his own money during the J-curve
- Doing his own quality of earnings
- His wife and father’s roles in the business
- Disagreement with Walker Diebel
- Assertiveness in managing employees
- Celebrating milestones with his team
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- MAC General
- The ReWild Group
- Matthew Pohl on Acquiring Minds: 2 Welders and a Shop... to $3.8m in Sales
- Justin Willess
- Justin Willess on Acquiring Minds: Business Collapse After Going All-In
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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