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Buying 2 Rivals to Create a Dominant Leader
When his deal died the first time, Kyle Poll was devastated. But then it came back around, larger and more interesting.
Topics in Kyle’s interview:
- Skills he learned on his 2-year Mormon mission
- Growing Gympass from $10m to $100m
- Aiming for happiness at work and home
- Earning the respect of brokers
- Watching his deals die and being outbid
- Q of E that drastically lowered the business value
- Emotional rollercoaster of full-time search
- Completing his acquisition as CEO with equity
- Finding investors who would bet on growth
- Merging 2 rival companies
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
Published on 1 week ago