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Rocky Transition: How to Survive, Then Thrive

Sep 05, 20231 hr 31 min
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Episode description

Collapsing sales, unhelpful sellers, and a GM who quit. But 1 year later, Chris Jones is contemplating acquisition #2. 

Topics in Chris’s interview:

  • Buying a foundation repair business
  • Finding discrepancies in QuickBooks 
  • His chaotic transition to CEO
  • The GM leaving to start a competing company
  • A dispute over money the seller owed
  • Burning through cash the first winter
  • Restructuring roles in the business
  • Improvements in sales numbers
  • Possibly acquiring a second business
  • Optimism about the future of the company

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