From Stalled Search to $750k SDE: The Power of Speed

Acquiring Minds

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A friend pressed Grania Michel to change her search as if she had to close in 4 months. She was under LOI 2 weeks later.

Topics in Grania’s interview:

• Operating a business in Ecuador
• Emotional ups and downs during the search process
• Keeping her search private in the beginning
• Sending LOIs as quickly as possible
• Acquiring a commercial printing business in Miami
• Managing the deal process, debt consolidation, and equity structuring
• Translating her day one speech to Spanish on the fly
• Losing key employees after transition
• Why she recommends buying all the accounts payable
• Building a long-term legacy for her daughters

References and how to contact Grania:

• LinkedIn
• Associated Photo & Imaging
• Tripp Lawson and Mike McCoy at Viking Mergers
• Joe Spina and Taylor Gorman at Cullen and Dykman
• AppleTree
• Josh Richman at NewCo Risk
• Aspen HR
• Jared Johnson of First Internet Bank
• Search Fund Coalition
  
  

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron