About this episode
Neil Granberry bought a bubble ball business to prove himself as an entrepreneur while pursuing an MBA at the same time.
Themes from Neil’s interview:
- The advantages of a small starter business as a first acquisition
- Looking past media hype that paints billionaire startup founders as the only entrepreneurs
- The value of a customer list
- The beauty of acquiring a small business that is already profitable
- Taking a hard look at a company’s books to negotiate a better sale price
- Delegating operations to trusted employees to better position yourself for a sale later on
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