Acquiring Minds

5x in 5 Years: Buying Small to Grow Quickly


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Holdco entrepreneur Chase Murdock buys very small businesses with potential for rapid growth & decades of staying power. 

Topics in Chase’s interview:

  • Starting a custom suit company with $750
  • Decata Group's “car wash integration process” for acquisitions
  • Workshop SLC’s 5x growth in the first year of acquisition
  • Getting out of the “small business death zone” ASAP
  • The knife fight of acquiring and growing small businesses 
  • The #1 ingredient in company building
  • Maslow’s hierarchy of business needs
  • What surprised him about the trades industry
  • Conviction in the ability to 5x a business in 5 years
  • The intellectual challenge of building a holdco

Links and how to contact Chase:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Decada Group
  • Tailor Cooperative
  • Workshop SLC
  • Built by Design Construction
  • Northern Electric Company
  • Tatton Baird

Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

  • The Acquisition Lab

Connect with A-players who can run your business remotely:

  • More Staffing

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

  • See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
  • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
  • Follow Will on Twitter
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