After chafing under the constraints of being a CEO, Katherine Butler-Dines & Rahul Desai bought a business of their own.
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Topics in Katherine and Rahul’s interview:
- Katherine’s early CEO experience
- Board conflicts pushed her toward majority ownership
- Acquiring without a traditional bank loan
- Convincing the seller to do a seller note
- Paying the seller note with float from advance bookings
- Rahul built custom software to increase margins
- Searching nights and weekends while at their W-2s
- Affordability of living in the midwest
- Vision of acquiring and integrating more travel businesses
- Learning to delegate and enjoying free time
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
