How to 4x EBITDA in 3 Years Without Growing Sales
Jun 25, 2026•1 hr 24 min
Episode description
Ned Tomasevic navigated an early crisis then grew EBITDA to $6m and exited at over 8x, four turns higher than he'd paid.
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Topics in Ned’s interview:
- Being the first American in his family
- Utilizing 20 interns for outreach
- Acquiring with help from a search fund
- Post-closing discovery led to lawsuit
- Stress shows up in your body first
- Getting guidance from his coach and mentors
- Reducing shrink from 20% to 3%
- Quadrupling EBITDA in 3 years
- Taking a year off after exiting
- His new role as investor, coach and mentor
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- Searchers Fund
- Jason Jackson on Acquiring Minds: How to Recover from a Fraudulent Seller
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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