Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well.
Topics in Ben’s interview:
- Buying a pool service business, putting in only $100 of his own money for equity
- Changes he made to employee compensation (and why)
- Acquiring a second pool business
- Why Ben became certified to do pool maintenance himself
- How Ben improved company culture
- Why he didn’t want to hire a GM
- Selling his company to Pool Troopers
- Launching a fund for self-funded searchers
- The type of searcher he wants to fund
- What a self-funded deal looks like
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