How to Acquire an Existing Business

Pawel Kosicki learned about buying small businesses in July. By January, he'd bought one himself with 7 figures of SDE. 

Topics in Pawel Kosicki’s interview:

• Pawel’s background in engineering
• Valuation of a home theater/automation company
• Closing on his very first LOI
• Financing a deal in Canada
• His philosophy on risk in business
• The seller staying on as an employee
• Mitigating risk in a project-based business
• His plans to grow the business
• Projected growth in the home automation industry
• Advice for Canadian searchers

References and how to contact Pawel:

• LinkedIn
• pawel@oakvillesightandsound.ca
• Sieva Kozinski Twitter thread
• Oakville Sight and Sound

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