From Determined Searcher to $75m Accidental Holdco

Adam Duggins had 650 meetings to find his first business in 2013, not expecting he'd buy 3 more over the next 10 years.

Topics in Adam Duggins’s interview:

• Meeting with 650 people (in person!) during his search
• How Adam found his partner & structured their ownership
• How Adam became a holdco without meaning to
• How motivating blue collar workers versus white collar careerists is different
• Why Adam prefers working with blue collar versus white collar
• Buying businesses in overlooked geographies
• A bit about each of Adam's 4 businesses: steel fabrication, commercial HVAC, Jet-Hot, boiler services
• What to love about businesses in the construction industry
• Stability vs. growth
• Early mistakes as an owner

Links and how to contact Adam:

• New Page Capital
• W.C. Rouse
• Engineered Steel
• American Industrial Contractors
• Jet-Hot
• Adam’s email: [email protected]

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