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Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide

Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide

Update: 2026-02-26
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Edward McDonnell bought a local services business via traditional search fund and grew it to 8 branches across 5 states.

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Topics in Edward’s interview:

  • Mechanical engineering at Honda
  • Choosing traditional search for budget
  • Acquiring an indoor plant/landscaping business
  • Going in with no management experience
  • Digitizing the back office
  • Constantly repeating the company vision
  • Using EOS for efficient meetings
  • Growing to 8 branches in 5 states
  • Exiting and staying on as CEO
  • Searching for his next business in Virginia

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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