Description

Both buyer Jared Lenner and seller Dave Serwitz share their perspectives on the acquisition of a 20-year-old business.

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Topics in Jared & Dave’s interview:

• Jared buying Dave’s tutoring business
• Dave’s motivation to sell
• Choosing to work with Search Fund Accelerator
• Their agreement to “assume positive intent”
• Why Dave didn’t sell to private equity
• How the in-person business survived Covid
• Bookkeeper quit right after transition
• “Other people’s money is scarier than a PG”
• Competing with AI in the future
• How it feels to sell your company

References and how to contact Jared & Dave:

• Dave Serwitz LinkedIn
• Jared Lenner LinkedIn
• Grade Potential Tutoring
• Marc Anderegg on Acquiring Minds: So Much Fun: The Buyer of Choice in a Fragmented Industry

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• Pioneer Capital Advisory

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron