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Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup

Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup

Update: 2025-03-06
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Day 1 changes? Yes please. Sean Daly brought a spirit of experimentation, iteration, and speed to a small HVAC business.

Topics in Sean’s interview:

  • Founding and exiting his own company
  • Going hard with cold outreach
  • Hiring an offshore assistant to source deals
  • Entrepreneurs are risk reducers
  • Building an offshore back of house team
  • Paying mostly in cash for the business
  • His decisive leadership style
  • ETA is sales
  • Treating his low-SDE business like a start-up
  • Failed experiment with outbound marketing

References and how to contact Sean:

Attend SMBash in Dallas, April 2-4, to meet fellow business buyers, operators, and investors:

Get complimentary due diligence on your acquisition's insurance & benefits program:

Work with an SBA broker who focuses exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:

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

Connect with Acquiring Minds:

Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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Why Treat an Acquisition Like a Startup

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