Acquiring Minds

Buying Doggy Daycares After 10 Years in Tech


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Taylor Wallace was over tech. He acquired a small business and with it a renewed sense of impact (and opportunity). 

Topics in Taylor's interview:

  • Tech burnout
  • Working in tech vs. running a small business
  • Buying indy vs. franchise
  • Injecting tech-industry best practices & ambition into small business
  • How do friends in tech respond to his foray into doggy daycares?
  • Going from digital nomad to brick-and-mortar business owner in Tampa
  • Increasing doggy daycare capacity 2x
  • Will more than 2x revenue by next year
  • What he paid (roughly) for 1st and 2nd acquisitions
  • Growth strategy
  • Buying small vs. buying big
  • Doggy daycare business - should you do it?

Links & how to reach Taylor:

  • Paws 'n' Rec
  • Baton
  • @taywall
  • LinkedIn

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

  • Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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

  • The Acquisition Lab

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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