Ben Bortner couch-surfed, drove Uber, and racked up credit card debt while finding a pool business to buy. It went well. 

Topics in Ben’s interview:

• Buying a pool service business, putting in only $100 of his own money for equity
• Changes he made to employee compensation (and why)
• Acquiring a second pool business
• Why Ben became certified to do pool maintenance himself
• How Ben improved company culture
• Why he didn’t want to hire a GM
• Selling his company to Pool Troopers
• Launching a fund for self-funded searchers
• The type of searcher he wants to fund
• What a self-funded deal looks like

Links and how to contact Ben:

• [email protected]
• LinkedIn
• Slack Water Capital

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