
About this episode
Gabriel Cruz Avila bought a $1.4M remodeling business, weathered a divorce and burnout, then sold it two years later.
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Topics in Gabriel’s interview:
- Lessons learned from his dad’s business
- Getting bored in the oil and gas industry
- Joining ETA Circle in Houston
- Leaning on his warehouse management experience
- Acquiring a tile and marble company
- Failing to dig deep into historical revenue
- Using technology to eliminate 2 admin roles
- Negative working capital in home remodels
- Going through a divorce
- Burnout led to selling the business
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