Growing Profits 30% in the First 1.5 Years

Jonathan Taylor has quickly grown revenue 40% at his acquisition through digitization, process improvement, and sales.

Topics in Jonathan’s interview:

• Searching while working full-time
• His “now or never” moment approaching 40
• Restricting his search to Los Angeles
• Over-equitizing the deal
• Structuring a forgivable seller note
• Accepting 60% ownership
• Finding long-term hold investors
• Buying from a non-retiring seller
• Christian stewardship principles
• Growing revenue 40%

References and how to contact Jonathan:

• LinkedIn
• AEK Technology
• Phil Koller on Acquiring Minds: Comfortable Concentration for a $800k SDE Business
• Shaun Stimpson on Acquiring Minds: Started Mid-Career, Grew to $38m in 3 Years

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• The Acquisition Lab

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• Oberle Risk Strategies - Search Fund Team

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron