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14 Months from Searcher to $5.5m EBITDA

Luis Aguilar found a $1.5m SDE commercial laundry business on BizBuySell, then a second acquisition followed quickly.

Topics in Luis’s interview:

Geographical search in Florida

Working with SIG (Search Investment Group) to raise capital

Pitching investors and overcoming rejection

Negotiating a dead deal back to life

Acquiring a linen rental business

Second order effects of raising employee wages

Learning all the jobs in the business

Mental weight of being the chief decision maker

Doing a second big acquisition in the first year

Increasing profit in both businesses

References and how to…

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