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How Scott Hardy, Founder of Venture7 Advisors, Learned to Sell Businesses by Selling His Own Businesses Multiple Times.
Scott Hardy, partner and M&A advisor at Venture Seven Advisors, built New England Overshoes from a half pair of prototypes and a borrowed purchase order in 1994, drove a station wagon full of fabric between factories in four states to make his first delivery to L.L. Bean, then sold the company, bought it back, sold it again to a private equity-backed acquirer that was absorbed by Honeywell, and built a second brand in tandem along the way. Three exits in four years taught him more about selling businesses than most advisors learn in a career.
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