Acquiring Minds Scaling Sweaty Services with a Brokerage Model
Dec 14, 2023
Eddy Zakes shares his success in scaling a snow removal brokerage and the challenges of acquiring a highly seasonal business. Topics include unique business model, acquiring during Covid, negotiating with anxious seller, convincing key employee to stay, managing across multiple states, and quadrupling staff for better management and redundancy.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Acquiring a Unique Business Model Through a Search Fund
02:20 • 3min
The Motivation Behind Getting an MBA and the Speaker's Personal Journey
05:23 • 6min
Managing Employees and Choosing a Search Fund Model
10:54 • 4min
Raising a Traditional Search Fund
14:44 • 8min
The Impact of Meeting Dynamics
23:02 • 25min
Challenges of Buying a Landscaping Business
48:12 • 18min
Sellers' Reluctance and Buyer's Comfort
01:06:35 • 18min