
About this episode
Amir Haboosheh was drawn to the double-opportunity in acquiring home services businesses: the financial, and the impact.
Topics in Amir’s interview:
- Why Amir wasn’t interested in a digital business
- Offering blue collar employees shares in the company
- Snowball’s plan for going public
- Snowball’s playbook for operating businesses
- How to hire a good GM for your business
- How to incentivize operators
- Acquiring a marketing company
- Why SDE isn’t everything
- How Anderson Air doubled revenue in 3 years
- Retaining the brands post-acquisition
Links and how to contact Amir:
- Snowball
- Acquira
- Enduring Ventures
- The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder
- Anderson Air
- Digitally Savvy
- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman
- Get A Grip: How to Get Everything You Want from Your Entrepreneurial Business by Gino Wickman
Get a complementary pre-acquisition HR & PEO review for your target business:
- Contact [email protected] or visit Aspen HR
Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:
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- See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
- Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
- Follow Will on Twitter
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