#142 Creating Value: Preparing Your Auto Repair Shop for the Future
Prepping an Auto Repair Shop for Sale: Systems, Data, and Succession PlanningHost Brad Hurlock (AA Shop Marketing) leads a Garage Grit Podcast panel on preparing auto repair shops for sale and how exit planning overlaps with running a stronger business. Guests include Tad Benda (rural Deming, NM tire/mechanical shop, ~21 employees, ~$3M sales), Ryan Hoover (owner of four Washington shops), and Shawnee Ponda (two-bay gas station repair shop outside DC planning to sell in 4–5 years). They discuss productivity vs headcount, focusing on profitable maintenance work, keeping tight inventory…
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