About fall conferences: Southeast Entrepreneurship through Acquisition Conference 2025 Buy Then Build Summit McguireWoods Independent Sponsor Conference M &A Launchpad's Fall Show (use ACQUIRINGMINDS for a discount) Kyle Boyden & Jake Furfaro bought tiny cleaning companies, five times. While painful, it taught them ops & integration. Topics in Kyle and Jake’s interview: Leaving a “cushy sales job” to buy a business Doing no due diligence on the first acquisition Cons of property management Trading property management for janitorial Buying very small cleaning businesses Losing faith in SBA loan underwriters Educating sellers about valuation Seller financing on all 7 deals Support from previous owners No more acquisitions for now References and how to contact Kyle and Jake: Kyle Boyden LinkedIn Rainier Cleaning Solutions Learn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory: The Acquisition Lab Get a complimentary IT audit of your target business: Email Nick Akers at
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