Acquiring Minds

Surviving the Nightmare: Sales Plunge 95%


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9 months after Jesse Safir bought a printing biz, Covid cratered it. 3 years later, sales are nearing pre-Covid levels. 

Topics in Jesse’s interview:

  • Finding ABG Printing by sending direct mail
  • The value of having a “forgettable” business
  • Renegotiating his deal before acquisition
  • The changes he made in the first 9 months
  • Cutting 80% of his staff during COVID
  • Managing cash flow after revenue plunged 95%
  • Staffing post-COVID
  • How their printing projects have diversified
  • The landscape of the printing industry
  • Jesse’s vision for a holdco

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