Rob Gaunt is the Chief Executive Officer of Ace Training who recently took on that role after successfully completing an acquisition of it as a searcher (potentially Australia’s first traditionally funded successful search!).
Through his time searching, Rob had the opportunity to look at a whole range of businesses across Australia before pinning one down to acquire, so he has plenty of great insights to share.
In this episode of The Next Step Podcast, I speak to Rob about how he came to search in the first place, what his reflections on the search phase were, and what it looked like to actually work through a deal and get it to completion.
For anyone out there that is thinking about taking on a search, Rob delivers some raw, recent first-hand experience that I'm sure you'll find very valuable.
Show Notes
•01:30 - Rob shares his journey about the last two weeks of being in a training company as the CEO.
•02:45 – Rob talks about his career before search and what it was about search that made him interested.
•07:11- Rob and Pete talk about search, how to build, own and operate a business.
•09:37– Rob shares about his experience in SME ventures and how that helped him search his journey.
•13:48 – Rob and Pete discuss what a partnership can do to a search and how it can help you become successful in a business.
•16:36– Rob shares tips on how to determine what type of search to do.
Connect with Rob: LinkedIn
Connect with Pete: LinkedIn
