Navigating Business Acquisition and HR Challenges

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Enrique Rodriguez bought a project-based construction business (gasp) with $1.4m in revenue. One year later it's at $4m.

Topics in Enrique’s interview:

• 17 years in project-based construction
• Getting his MBA and electrician’s license
• Buying too small for an SBA loan
• Bringing a machine gun to a knife fight
• Injecting his own money during the J-curve
• Doing his own quality of earnings
• His wife and father’s roles in the business
• Disagreement with Walker Diebel 
• Assertiveness in managing employees
• Celebrating milestones with his team

References and how to contact Enrique:

• LinkedIn
• MAC General
• The ReWild Group
• Matthew Pohl on Acquiring Minds: 2 Welders and a Shop... to $3.8m in Sales
• Justin Willess
• Justin Willess on Acquiring Minds: Business Collapse After Going All-In
  
  

Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business:

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

Download the New CEO’s Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR:

• From this page or contact mark@aspenhr.com

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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