Leaving $700s/Yr to Buy an Underperforming Printing Business
Jun 22, 2026•1 hr 26 min
Episode description
Dominick Smith left a lucrative track in PE to pursue a path that offered more meaning. Buying a business has delivered.
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Topics in Dominick’s interview:
- Leaving a lucrative job in his late 20’s
- Dodging bullets with due diligence
- Renegotiating purchase price
- Managing white collar vs blue collar employees
- Wasting money on ineffective marketing
- Learning budgeting and frugality
- Advantages of staying in the weeds
- Aggressively pursuing new business
- Discovering and fixing poor website speeds
- His intent to sell the business
References and how to contact Dominick:
- Printmoz.com
- Heather Endresen at Viso Business Capital
- Brendan O’Brien at Huntington Bank
- Aizik Zimmerman on Acquiring Minds: Founder Mode for ETA: $6m to $25m in 3 Years
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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