Will Gano was rewarded for his persistence & vision when he bought an 8-figure, 125-year-old ingredients manufacturer.
Topics in Will Gano’s interview:
- Getting experience in the food industry
- Doing outreach while working full time
- Hiring a buy-side broker to search for him
- Going through years of “search purgatory”
- Writing a personal letter with his LOI
- Buying a food ingredient manufacturer
- The upside of losing a major client before the transaction
- Importance of food safety
- Jumping through hoops for licensing
- Influence from his late grandfather
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