Navigating Business Financing with Expert Guidance

You thought the internet killed them off, but the travel agency Jared Benoff bought does $1m SDE by dominating a niche.

Topics in Jared’s interview:

• His 9.5 year stint at Twitter/X
• Helping his dad with the family business
• Buying his parents’ destination wedding business
• Evolution of travel agencies
• His dad’s successful YouTube videos
• Advantages of buying the family business
• Standing out with customer service
• The pain of 4-star reviews
• Working with a loan broker
• Buying for 2x SDE

References and how to contact Jared:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Vacationeeze
• Shell Zhang on Acquiring Minds: Awakening to Entrepreneurship to Buy a Not-Boring Business
• Jordan Evans on Acquiring Minds: White Collar Roll-Up from $700k to $12m

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

• The Acquisition Lab

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• Email Nick Akers at nick@inzotechnologies.com, and tell him you’re a searcher

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• Book a call with Tim or hello@systemsix.com and mention Acquiring Minds

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• https://www.malaunchpad.com & enter code ACQUIRINGMINDS

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

• See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
• Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
• Follow Will on Twitter

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron