About this episode
Don Grigg reflects on the different outcomes for 2 businesses he bought in his 30s, one of which became his life's work.
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Topics in Don’s interview:
- Discovering his passion for manufacturing
- Searching for “small, broken companies” to acquire
- Closing on 2 businesses within 6 months
- How plastics recycling works
- Scaling his plastics recycling business
- Private equity is a poor fit for small business
- Exiting his business felt like losing family
- His son and daughter’s acquisition
- Value of family businesses
- Entrepreneurship through acquisition as your life’s work
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Produced by Pam Cameron
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