
About this episode
Corey Mullins had worked in the trade over a decade when he bought a tiny, failing HVAC business for its phone number.
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Topics in Corey’s interview:
- His 20-year career in HVAC
- Failed buyout of the family business
- Simultaneous launch and acquisition
- Buying a truck and a phone number
- Build-to-sell philosophy
- Growth through online marketing
- Waiting too long to hire managers
- Taking vacations no matter what
- Evolution of the “Trade Dad”
- Exiting to private equity in under 4 years
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- Patrick Lange
- Patrick Norris on Acquiring Minds: Buy & Build a Trash Business to a $4.4m Exit
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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