Intro

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After years of corporate success, Jesus Wong yearned for something else. When he discovered ETA, he knew he'd found it.

Topics in Jesus’s interview:

• Childhood in Mexico and Canada
• Family history of entrepreneurship
• Buying a Canadian garment repair business
• Low capex, high labor costs
• Structuring his deal without the SBA
• Mitigating the risk of high customer concentration
• Value of a high-quality deal team
• Higher closing costs in Canada
• Paying 5% interest on his loan
• Answering the call of entrepreneurship

References and how to contact Jesus:

• LinkedIn
• Gear re-Store
• Vail Resorts
• Patagonia
• Scott Walton on Acquiring Minds: Building a $10m Platform from 2 Low-SDE Businesses
• Andrew Stordeur on Acquiring Minds: $700k EBITDA with No SBA, No Money Down
• Yan Vinarskiy on Acquiring Minds: From Searcher to Sponsor: How to Buy a $22m Business
• Marc Nzojibwami on Acquiring Minds: The Model for a 3-Way, Long-Term Holdco
• Haifeng Hu of Bennett Jones
• Kevin Yu of MNP
• Joey Tai of Crete Capital

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

• The Acquisition Lab

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• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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

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