Steve Carroll started as an SBA searcher before pivoting to a PE-backed roll-up. It's gone better than he ever expected.

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Topics in Steve’s interview:

• Experience working for WalMart corporate
• Searching while working full time
• Myth of passive income
• Large dead deal costs from a failed acquisition
• Partnering with his childhood friend
• Underestimating working capital needs
• 100-hour weeks away from his family
• Rapidly scaling through M&A
• Beware owners who leave quickly
• Achieving $1 billion in revenue in 5 years

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• LinkedIn
• Kelso Industries

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron