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Buying a $40m Business as a 49-Year-Old First-Timer

Acquiring Minds

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Greg Hirsch wants more seasoned professionals to understand how valuable their experience can be to an ETA journey.

Topics in Greg’s interview:

  • Fifteen years learning systems at Sysco Foods
  • Failed startup revealed builder, not founder path
  • Helped scale trucking roll-up through industry consolidation
  • Revisiting his “heck no” pile
  • Invests in timeless blue-collar essential industries
  • Late-40s searches benefit from life experience
  • Spouse alignment essential before risking family security
  • His wife’s perspective on the process
  • Growth comes from removing operational friction
  • His wife’s perspective on the process

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron

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