Acquiring Isn't Always a One-Way Door

Gabriel Cruz Avila bought a $1.4M remodeling business, weathered a divorce and burnout, then sold it two years later.

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Topics in Gabriel’s interview:

• Lessons learned from his dad’s business
• Getting bored in the oil and gas industry
• Joining ETA Circle in Houston
• Leaning on his warehouse management experience
• Acquiring a tile and marble company
• Failing to dig deep into historical revenue
• Using technology to eliminate 2 admin roles
• Negative working capital in home remodels
• Going through a divorce
• Burnout led to selling the business

References and how to contact Gabriel:

• [email protected]
• LinkedIn
• Katy Tile & Marble
• ETA Circle

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• The Acquisition Lab

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron