He only buys companies everyone else is running from — and he's been doing it for 20 years.

Nate Moore has built a 700-person operation by acquiring distressed childcare and home care businesses, walking into chaos where others see dead ends, and turning them around through leadership, structure, and a relentless belief in people.

Nate Moore is a serial acquisition entrepreneur and founder of Moore Consulting & Investment Group. For over two decades, Nate has operated at the intersection of distressed business acquisitions and people-first leadership — buying broken childcare and home care companies, identifying hidden talent inside failing organizations, and rebuilding them into stable, scalable operations. Today his platform serves 1,500 children per day and employs nearly 700 people across multiple locations.

In this episode, Nate shares the mindset behind pursuing deals no one else wants, what he looks for when he walks into a distressed company, and the leadership framework that drives every turnaround. He also gets candid about getting fired from a top sales job at 19, what that moment taught him about influence, and how personal adversity shaped the operator he is today.

🎯 What We Cover:

• Why Nate only buys distressed businesses — and how he spots turnaround potential others miss
• His path from car sales to flipping houses to acquiring his first company at 22
• The leadership change that drives every successful turnaround — and why the right person is usually already inside the company
• How he manages 700 employees and 1,500 kids per day using three spreadsheets
• The mindset shift that separates operators who scale from those who stall
• What getting fired from a top car sales job taught him about influence and character
• Why he reads body language in every conversation — and how it makes him a better communicator and leader
• His framework for scaling: be resourceful, don't depend on the resources
• How he uses his current customer base to identify future expansion opportunities
• The difference between knowledge and wisdom — and how intentionality bridges the gap

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