Acquiring Minds

(Part 2) 8-Figure Exit: How to Buy, Transform & Sell in 3.5 Years


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How Bradley Roofner & Logan Brown transformed a tough, project-based landscaping biz into a recurring revenue machine. (This is the second part of a 2-part interview.) 

Themes from the interview with Bradley & Logan:

  • Buying, growing, and selling a local service business for $20m+
  • Why landscaping still has lots of opportunity
  • How to transform a project-based business into a recurring-revenue business
  • How to build a sales function in a local service business
  • Why building a sales function is better for growth than acquiring tuck-ins
  • How to convert 25% of sales opportunities
  • Working capital as oxygen
  • White-glove service in a blue-collar industry
  • Why you should build a credit department
  • What it's like to sell to a publicly-traded corporation

Links & how to reach Bradley & Logan

  • LinkedIn: Bradley Roofner, Logan Brown
  • BrightView
  • Built To Sell, the book that informed their productization strategy
  • Brent Beshore
  • Article 1 referenced in valuation estimate: BrightView and the need for growth
  • Article 2 referenced in valuation estimate: LM150: 2020 rankings

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Connect with Acquiring Minds:

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