Old-school search and networking

Eric Donahue quickly grew revenue to $6m thanks to operational enhancements, culture tweaks, and a little good luck.

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Topics in Eric’s interview:

• Navy SEAL career and retirement
• Performing the basics at a high level
• His tree service side hustle
• Old school proprietary search
• Buying an off-market paving company
• Forgoing SBA for a conventional loan
• Working in the field to learn the asphalt trade
• 40% revenue growth in 13 months
• Splitting his crew to keep the team productive
• Using his military clearance to win jobs

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• LinkedIn
• Peninsula Paving
• Hunter at Hanger Law

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron