They Said Nothing Would Change,Then Everything Did. The PE episode. | Josh Baca

They said nothing would change. Then everything did.

Sam Wakefield and Josh Baca have both lived the private equity acquisition from the front lines. Not from the boardroom. Not from the highlight reel. From the trucks, the sales calls, and the moments when you realize the company you believed in has become something you no longer recognize.

Josh spent three and a half years and closed $10.6 million in sales before making his exit. Sam lasted six weeks after the sale before handing in his notice the same afternoon a GM suggested offering a homeowner a box of filters instead of fixing the drywall his crew cracked.

This is that conversation.

In this episode:

• How Sam found out his company sold in an all hands meeting disguised as an insurance enrollment
• Why 80% turnover in the first year after a PE sale is more common than anyone admits
• What private equity does well and where it consistently breaks down
• Why the culture always fractures from the top down and what could be done differently
• How lead quality and qualification standards quietly erode after an acquisition
• Why the people who were there from the beginning feel it the hardest
• The comment that was the straw that broke the camel's back for Josh
• What it looks like to exit professionally when everything in you wants to walk out
• Why your skill set in this industry is repeatable, scalable, and fully portable
• How to channel frustration into your next move instead of burning bridges on the way out

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Website: https://www.closeitnow.net

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