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🎙️ From a Two-Bedroom Apartment to a Five-Times Industry Average Exit: John Ratliff’s Blueprint for Building and Selling
John Ratliff built Apple Tree Answers, a 24-hour telephone answering service, from a two-bedroom apartment in 1995 to 24 locations and 650 employees before selling it in 2012 at roughly five times the industry average multiple. Along the way he almost quit at 4 a.m. and yanked the plug from the wall. He got turnover from 110% down to 18% through a program that granted employee dreams. And he learned — by being on both sides of the table — exactly how buyers think and where…
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