I Bought 3 Home Service Businesses in 90 Days — Here’s What Happened

About this episode

John Wilson discusses his experience of buying three home service businesses in 90 days and the resulting impact on his company.

I Bought 3 Home Service Businesses in 90 Days… Here’s What Happened In this episode of Owned and Operated, John Wilson sits down with co-host Jack Carr (CEO of Rapid HVAC) to break down what actually happens when you aggressively scale through acquisitions. After buying three businesses in 90 days, John walks through the strategy, the chaos, and the results—from rapid revenue growth to hitting 24% EBITDA and transforming the structure of his business almost overnight. This isn’t theory. It’s ...

People in this episode

Host: John Wilson

Guest: Jack Carr

Topics covered

• business acquisitions
• scaling businesses
• EBITDA
• revenue growth
• business strategy

Keywords

• home service businesses
• acquisitions
• business growth
• EBITDA
• revenue
• business strategy
• scaling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rapid HVAC

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