
About this episode
Edward McDonnell bought a local services business via traditional search fund and grew it to 8 branches across 5 states.
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Topics in Edward’s interview:
- Mechanical engineering at Honda
- Choosing traditional search for budget
- Acquiring an indoor plant/landscaping business
- Going in with no management experience
- Digitizing the back office
- Constantly repeating the company vision
- Using EOS for efficient meetings
- Growing to 8 branches in 5 states
- Exiting and staying on as CEO
- Searching for his next business in Virginia
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
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