Edward McDonnell bought a local services business via traditional search fund and grew it to 8 branches across 5 states.

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Topics in Edward’s interview:

• Mechanical engineering at Honda
• Choosing traditional search for budget
• Acquiring an indoor plant/landscaping business
• Going in with no management experience
• Digitizing the back office
• Constantly repeating the company vision
• Using EOS for efficient meetings
• Growing to 8 branches in 5 states
• Exiting and staying on as CEO
• Searching for his next business in Virginia

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• LinkedIn
• Botanical Designs
• [email protected]

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron