Was the Business What We Expected After Close?

Despite skepticism from her US investors, Ivona Butcher bought (and tripled) a business in her native Czech Republic.

Topics in Ivona’s interview:

• Doing business in a post-Soviet culture
• Determination to acquire in the Czech Republic
• Buying a business as a married couple
• Getting into exhibition services right before Covid
• Losing all revenue at onset of Covid
• Pivoting to virtual events
• Finding work for their carpenters and metalsmiths
• Aggressively re-negotiating their loan with the bank
• Buying back the seller note at a huge discount
• Surviving Covid and doubling EBITDA

References and how to contact Ivona:

• Ivona Butcher
• Corbin Butcher
• Beire
• Adam Rao on Acquiring Minds: Reviving a Covid-Crushed Business: $0 to $6M in 3 Years

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron