In addition to buying his own business, Evan DiLeonardi trades buy-side services for equity in other SMB acquisitions.
Topics in Evan’s interview:
- Entering the Airbnb space
- Joining Ben Kelly’s acquisition group
- Buying a commercial cleaning business
- Being a remote “workaholic”
- Realizing he bought a business in distress
- First year in survival mode
- Getting a team of great managers in place
- His “Equity in Kind” partner model
- Enjoying search more than operations
- Building a holding company
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron