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Patrick Norris bought a small trash business doing $625k. Five years later and 4.5x bigger, a strategic got interested.

Topics in Patrick’s interview:

• Why acquiring a trash business is easier than starting one
• Intricacies of trash disposal pricing
• Niches within trash services
• Competition and cooperation in trash services
• The first question you should ask when considering a trash business
• Why he regrets not hiring a manager
• Hiring for dangerous, strenuous jobs
• 4xing revenue through customer service and Google ads
• The cycle of building and selling a trash business
• Buying a business without an MBA

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• LinkedIn

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