Rocky Transition: How to Survive, Then Thrive

Collapsing sales, unhelpful sellers, and a GM who quit. But 1 year later, Chris Jones is contemplating acquisition #2.

Topics in Chris’s interview:

• Buying a foundation repair business
• Finding discrepancies in QuickBooks
• His chaotic transition to CEO
• The GM leaving to start a competing company
• A dispute over money the seller owed
• Burning through cash the first winter
• Restructuring roles in the business
• Improvements in sales numbers
• Possibly acquiring a second business
• Optimism about the future of the company

References and how to contact Chris:

• LinkedIn
• [email protected]
• Falcone Crawl Space & Structural Repair

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• The Acquisition Lab

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