You don’t want to miss today’s episode. From being picked up on a freeway in Los Angeles by CPS at the age of 6 months to a 9-figure sell out of his business 30 years later!Jacob Tilzer has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 18, founding six successful companies across various industries, including medical, electronics, and automotive sectors. He notably founded Kaizen Collision, growing it from a small garage to over 50 locations and 750 employees. The companies Jacob has founded have collectively achieved lifetime sales of over $500 million. He also established ADAS Technologies, expanding it to 10 locations and becoming the largest Automotive Programming Calibration company in the nation. Throughout his career, he has raised over $250 million and completed 28 M&A transactions.Jacob’s journey began in foster care and included a period of homelessness, fueling his passion for helping others through tough situations. He has been extremely committed to their people and teams, building great client relationships, and community outreach. His experience includes capital raising, documenting processes and systems, and full customization and implementation of systems to scale a business, such as ERP, payroll, CRMs, and data analytic tools, as well as start-up, scaling, mergers and acquisitions, and building software to support those efforts. Now an investor and coach, he currently mentors several founders and CEO in scaling their companies. What a story! Jacob Tilzer.
