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Turning $500k into a $38m Holdco (No Investors)

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Garrison Snell enjoyed a modest exit at age 24. By 30, he'd parlayed that into a holdco with $9m EBITDA and a mission.

Topics in Garrison’s interview:

  • Building and exiting a recording artist marketing agency
  • His objective to do the most good for the most people
  • Early ventures into real estate
  • Buying and quickly selling a restaurant
  • Acquiring in the manufacturing space
  • Understanding and applying Porter’s 5 Forces
  • Advantage of being a low-cost, essential supplier
  • Recent leadership challenges at a new acquisition
  • Building an indefinite holding company
  • Power of a community-minded small business

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Turning $500k into a $38m Holdco (No Investors)

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