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Reflections on 2 Years in the Knife Fight
Published 2 years, 2 months ago
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Brett Kennedy has doubled & strengthened the sub-$1 million moving business he bought — but it hasn't been without pain.
Topics in Brett’s interview:
- Being raised in an entrepreneurial family
- Buying Furniture Taxi, a moving company
- Driving the truck himself when employees don’t show
- Surprises the seller failed to mention
- Good and bad of buying small
- Daily stressors of running a small business
- Hiring a GM
- Doubling the business despite a shrinking market
- Your employees are your customers
- The next company he wants to buy
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