3 days into Monte Marcum's acquisition of an established franchise, key equipment breaks. Then the crises kept coming. 

Topics in Monte’s interview:

• Buying 2 existing & adjacent franchise businesses at once
• How Filta’s customer pricing is structured
• Why commercial kitchens love his business
• Combining two businesses
• Equipment starts breaking on day three
• Monte’s series of fetal position moments
• What exactly is hard about running a business
• How one rockstar employee guided him through a season of crisis
• The biggest risk of buying small
• The importance of a support system

Links and how to contact Monte:

• LinkedIn
• [email protected]
• Codie Sanchez: These “Boring Businesses” Will Make You Rich
• Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions
• John Schooler update episode on Acquiring Minds

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