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When Dustin Carreon reached a ceiling in his first small business, he used the profits to start buying other businesses.

Topics in Dustin’s interview:

• Growing up in his parents’ scrapping business
• Inheriting and growing Freelance Electronics
• Learning the most from a difficult acquisition
• Timing and luck matters
• Key person risk in small-staff businesses
• His mistake of expanding before establishing expectations
• Cross-training employees as part of his holdco vision
• An investor attitude compared with an entrepreneur attitude
• Building a holdco without a college education
• Challenge of writing down processes

References and how to contact Dustin:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• COI Holdings

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