Chad Hildebrant knew the best deals have hair on them. The trick is finding the right hair, turning red flags green.
Topics in Chad’s interview:
- Buying a business that was not financeable
- Getting a 60% seller note
- Reconstructing 3 years of financial records
- Deal fatigue during negotiations
- Burning himself out in the first quarter post-transition
- 3 explanations for chaos in a business
- Comparing management to parenting
- The 3 types of candle makers
- How he generates new sales
- The importance of having friends who are operators
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