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Trades Over Tech: Buying an Appliance Repair Business

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Brian Seeling sought a blue-collar business with a good manager in place. He found exactly that — with $2.6m in revenue.

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Topics in Brian’s interview:

  • Being an entrepreneurial kid
  • Moving from IT to blue-collar
  • Getting value from SMBootcamp
  • “Riches are in the niches”
  • Satisfaction of developing people
  • Not all SBA lending is the same
  • “Billionaires do business with billionaires”
  • Tactfully bringing about change
  • Continuing the commission-based compensation model
  • Replacing old tech in the business

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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