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Buy & Build a Trash Business to a $4.4m Exit

Apr 08, 20241 hr 55 min
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Episode description

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Patrick Norris bought a small trash business doing $625k. Five years later and 4.5x bigger, a strategic got interested.

Topics in Patrick’s interview:

  • Why acquiring a trash business is easier than starting one
  • Intricacies of trash disposal pricing
  • Niches within trash services
  • Competition and cooperation in trash services
  • The first question you should ask when considering a trash business
  • Why he regrets not hiring a manager
  • Hiring for dangerous, strenuous jobs
  • 4xing revenue through customer service and Google ads
  • The cycle of building and selling a trash business
  • Buying a business without an MBA

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