Acquiring Minds Getting Unstuck by Buying a Business
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Dec 22, 2025 Christian Bateson, an acquisition entrepreneur and former Wall Street analyst, shares his incredible journey from the financial crisis to buying Resolute Construction Cleanup Services. He reveals the qualities that make a top salesperson and how business acquisition helped him escape a miserable career. Christian discusses the challenges of hiring in construction, lessons from his second acquisition, and his ambitious $100 million revenue goal. He emphasizes the transformative power of small business ownership and the importance of leaning into one's strengths.
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Bought A Business To Escape Misery
- Christian describes waking up at 3:30am underslept, drinking too much, and feeling utterly trapped in a toxic finance job.
- Buying a construction cleaning business reversed that despair and restored purpose and autonomy.
From Bear Stearns To Business Buyer
- Christian explains his Wall Street background at Bear Stearns and the sudden loss of job security after 2008.
- That experience taught him to spot distressed businesses and the risks that break companies.
BizBuySell Revealed Asymmetric Opportunity
- Christian's BizBuySell 'aha' revealed businesses trading at low multiples compared to leveraged distressed firms.
- He realized small-service businesses can offer entrepreneurial upside with far less downside risk.
