Business scale, metrics, and growth potential

After Megan McGee pivoted her search fund to a self-funded approach, she bought a business where she wanted to settle.

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Topics in Megan’s interview:

• Family background in pest control
• Internship with previous guest Edward McDonnell
• Starting out in traditional search
• Investors declined to support a deal she loved
• Pivoting to self-funded search
• Deciding not to buy her dad’s business
• Buying Virginia Guesthouses without an SBA loan
• Buying from a young seller
• Managing 75 properties
• Her profitable first year

References and how to contact Megan:

• LinkedIn
• Tato Corcoran’s recap episode: How to 4x a Small Manufacturer
• Edward McDonnell on Acquiring Minds: Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide
• Matt Orley on Acquiring Minds: Buying for Brand (Then Growing 4x)
• Guesthouses

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron