Buying a Small Business to Build for Decades

August Felker did a search fund, then later a self-funded search so he could own & build his business for years to come.

Topics in August’s interview:

• Buying a business without an MBA
• How cold calling led to his first deal
• Buying an “elevator asset business”
• Early lessons in leadership
• What he loved about traditional search
• The resiliency of the insurance industry
• The normalcy of 3-year earnouts
• Self-funding his second deal
• His vision for building a brand
• The niche of working with searchers

References and how to contact August:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Oberle Risk Strategies
  
  

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• The Acquisition Lab
  
  

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