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Garth Fasano searched part time for 5 years before finding a target with very sticky revenue & great business-buyer fit.
Topics in Garth’s interview:
- Searching for 5 years
- Benefiting from the SBA looking at calendar-year financials (not TTM)
- Top Dog’s unique business model
- Why this business should be bought, not built
- His relationship to a dog training franchise
- Impact of outcome-based pricing
- Purposely hiring less-experienced sales people
- How Top Dog differs from online marketing
- Expanding to industries outside of dog training
- His passion project: ski huts
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