Buying Small, Growing Big: From $1m to $26m

John Wilson bought & grew a very small plumbing business 26x over the last 7 years, and today has plans to reach $100m.Topics in John’s interview:Growing up in his family’s home services businessTaking over the business at 23Acquiring a turnaround to grow his businessHis first time doing layoffsUsing CertainPath’s model to growTripling his ad spend during CovidWhy he believes in buying smallHis take on installing an operatorHis plan to get to $100MThe taxonomy of blue collar businessesReferences and how to contact John:Owned and Operated (his podcast)The Wilson CompaniesTwitterJohn’s tweet thread breaking down homes services businessCertainPathWork with an SBA broker who focuses exclusively on helping entrepreneurs buy businesses:Matthias Smith of Pioneer Capital AdvisoryLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:The Acquisition LabConnect with Acquiring Minds:See past + future interviews on the YouTube channelConnect with host Will Smith on LinkedInFollow Will on Twitter