Colin King, a finance-focused acquisition entrepreneur with accounting and PE experience, and Joe Van Deman, a serial acquirer who scales small businesses, share their unlikely Craigslist meeting and how they bought 15 companies together. They recount buying an overnight auto-parts delivery route, surviving brutal hands-on nights, hiring operators at odd hours, flipping to PE, and their repeatable sourcing, diligence, and operator-first scaling playbook.
