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How I Built a 7-Figure Swim School HoldCo With 30-35% Margins | Josh Scott Interview

Forget HVAC and trade businesses…

Private equity comes after your kids swim schools…

Meet Josh Scott (with wife Annie):

5 locations

7 figures in revenue (30-35% margins)

Spends a lot of time with family and children.

Again, the riches (both time and $$$) are in niches.

We discussed:

- Raising prices and selling it to private equity (which they choose not to do now).

- Buying more and more swimming pools (property)

- Why aren't $1mm+ EBITDA deals coming to market?

- The cost of building swimming pools

- Why is selling pool fences going to be a very big business?

- A 33% IRR and spending time…

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