Acquiring Minds

Buying $5m of Revenue with $50k of Equity


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Devin Fitzgerald bought two businesses after one sentence changed his life: It's easier to buy revenue than create it.

Topics in Devin’s interview:

  • Business is just solving problems
  • It’s easier to buy revenue than create it
  • Losing 8 months to a dead deal
  • Buying 2 declining businesses
  • Turning around a bad work culture
  • Herding sellers to the finish line
  • How the new SBA rules affected his second acquisition
  • Honoring his grandmother’s memory
  • Bringing high energy to work
  • The gift of getting to choose your team

References and how to contact Devin:

  • LinkedIn
  • RML Service Group

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

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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