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Bryan Houck was fatigued of his search and broken deal costs when he finally closed on an award-winning creative agency.

Topics in Bryan’s interview:

• Losing everything in a startup at 41
• Discovering his personal talents
• Using a buy-side advisor
• Ups and downs of search
• Importance of meeting the owner
• Buying an in-person creative agency
• The “Superbowl winning” team at Extra Credit Projects
• Talking to clients about price
• Buying a business at 58
• The “Stoopid Framework” he invented

References and how to contact Bryan:

• LinkedIn
• Extra Credit Projects
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron