Action Academy | Millionaire Mentorship For Your Life & Business How To Fix Operations & SCALE Any Small Businesses That You Buy (He Has $37M Of Businesses At 30 Years Old) w/ Cody Barton
Oct 30, 2025
Cody Barton, a savvy operator and founder of Scale With Pros, discusses his impressive journey building a $37 million portfolio by acquiring and scaling diverse small businesses. He shares insights on buying companies with operational challenges, the importance of clear partner agreements, and strategies for effective hiring and management. Cody emphasizes the need for a structured approach to acquisitions, offering advice on identifying niches, partnership pitfalls, and optimizing performance swiftly to ensure business stability.
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Buy Sales Strength, Fix The Back Room
- Cody targets businesses strong in marketing and sales but weak in operations to add operational 'rocket fuel.'
- Combining a great front end with disciplined ops, finance, HR and tech multiplies growth potential.
Reconstructing Messy Books To Close
- The Plant Guy did $3M top line with messy books, so Cody's CFO manually reconstructed years of bank transactions to verify performance.
- That deep diligence let them close despite no clean data room.
Create A ThreeâColumn Buy Box
- Make a three-column buy box listing what you do well, what interests you, and which industries can hit your financial goals.
- Use industry net-profit norms to target businesses that can reach your desired SDE before buying.
