Don Grigg reflects on the different outcomes for 2 businesses he bought in his 30s, one of which became his life's work.

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Topics in Don’s interview:

• Discovering his passion for manufacturing
• Searching for “small, broken companies” to acquire
• Closing on 2 businesses within 6 months
• How plastics recycling works
• Scaling his plastics recycling business
• Private equity is a poor fit for small business 
• Exiting his business felt like losing family
• His son and daughter’s acquisition
• Value of family businesses
• Entrepreneurship through acquisition as your life’s work

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• Native Watercraft
• Bonafide Kayaks 
• Enough by John C. Bogle

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron