
About this episode
Naveen Vinta spends weekdays at the business he bought in Milkwaukee, away from home in Virginia. He's making it work.
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Topics in Naveen’s interview:
- Army experience as a tank mechanic
- Funding his MBA with his G.I. Bill
- Capitalizing on “onshoring” tailwinds
- Getting brokers to take him seriously
- Searching for a business one plane hop away
- Acquiring an aerial work platform business
- Modifying lifts to make them “explosion proof”
- 9-12 month sales cycle
- Improving employee morale
- Being away from his family during the week
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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