Acquiring Minds

White-Collar Sisters Buy a Blue-Collar Business


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Without backgrounds in business, Julie & Janna Hottinger have grown the $2.1m trades business they bought last year 50%.

Topics in Julie and Janna’s interview:

  • Being warned away from the asphalt industry
  • Sisters who bought a construction business
  • How the seller worked to ease the transition
  • Acquiring with no prior business experience
  • Slowly taking the all-paper business digital
  • Cash flow challenges as a subcontractor
  • Building trust with the existing team
  • Growing revenue by hiring more employees
  • How Covid affected commercial business spaces
  • Why industry trends aren’t always accurate

References and how to contact Julie and Janna:

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Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:

  • The Acquisition Lab

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

  • See past + future interviews on the YouTube channel
  • Connect with host Will Smith on LinkedIn
  • Follow Will on Twitter
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