SMB lesson: Day after acq. announcement, heard rumblings that our senior plumber felt job-insecure and betrayed by the transaction. Big problem when my largest vulnerability is the skilled trade talent.

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Residential HVAC, Plumbing, & Electrical EBITDA multiples 3x - 5x: Subscale company 5x - 8x: Independents / family owned 8x - 12x: Large independents 12x - 15x: Regional platforms 15x - 20x: Super Regional / National Here’s a list of what increases value for these home

Residential HVAC, Plumbing, & Electrical owners should pay attention. 2 large Private Equity-backed platforms traded for 17x+ EBITDA in the last 5 months. This is fantastic news for you! If the large platforms continue to trade at these high teens multiples, that means they

Founders have an incredibly annoying attention-to-detail * They see every typo * Notice every time anyone is late * Catch 10,000 bugs * Remember every time anyone said they'd do something It's not that they don't have anything better to do It's just, start-ups die otherwise

we’re past due for a Y Combinator where the default is startups paying out dividends

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Stealthy Wealthy own boring businesses like roofing, HVAC, and plumbing.

I’ve built over 50+ high-converting landing pages and funnels For some of the biggest info, coaching, and consulting companies in the world. Here’s every lesson I’ve learned that separates low-performing funnels from higher-performing ones.

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A massive area of growth for me over the last 12 months: Incentive compensation. From front line employees to management. If you crush your job, you won't earn more money anywhere else. It has changed everything for me and has accelerated the growth of my companies.

I know a guy in my city making $200K/mo partnering up with Local businesses Reaches out to them via phone or shows up in person Promises to increase sales via Google Ads & SEO Sells them on the fact that their current marketing company is full of fluff If they don't have

If your onboarding sucks, your app won't make any money. I exited 2 mobile apps at 27 because I mastered onboarding. Steal my $45k MRR onboarding flow:

Stop paying for video editing services. ChatGPT can now edit your videos in minutes. Here’s how to do it in 3 simple steps:

This is the only strategy your startup needs: create happy paying customers that share their positive experience with others.

Incentives (I.e - compensation) might be the most difficult part of business.

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Ran an ad in my newsletter today to see who wants to buy or sell their SMB. We got 9 survey responses. All 9 responses want to buy or invest into an SMB. No one wants to sell.