Growth through Acquisition with Brad Dower

About this episode

In this episode, Jonathan Hawkins interviews Brad Dower about growing a professional services firm through acquisition rather than traditional marketing.

What if the fastest way to grow your professional services firm wasn’t marketing… but acquisition? In this episode of The Founding Partner Podcast , Jonathan Hawkins sits down with CPA entrepreneur Brad Dower to unpack how he built a rapidly expanding accounting firm by acquiring practices across the country. From structuring deals to integrating teams and scaling systems, Brad shares the lessons he’s learned turning small local practices into a national platform.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Hawkins

Guest: Brad Dower

Topics covered

• growth through acquisition
• professional services
• accounting
• business strategy
• team integration

Keywords

• growth
• acquisition
• professional services
• accounting firm
• business strategy
• team integration
• scaling systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CPA, accounting firm

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