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ALT April Anthony started her career as an accountant, but at the age of 25, with the initial goal of being a stay-at-home mom, April talked herself and her husband into buying one of her clients, which was a failing home health care company. The next 25 years is a remarkable story of perseverance and success where April built and sold three home health care businesses for more than $1.5 billion.
ALT Cashing Out Episode 32 Highlights: (3:32) AJ's beginning as a serial entrepreneur (8:26) The details behind AJ's first exit, and the strategic partnership that created it (13:49) "Your Price, Our Terms" (16:45) The Creation of business #2 (18:52) From near failure to a seven-figure exit (25:29) The importance of defining your "why" in the early days of your startup (29:17) The creation of the JAR Group, and the emotional toll it took on AJ on his team (33:32) Losing his revenue whale at JAR, and the realities of the business left behind (35:04) A burned out CEO, and a fortunate negotiation that led to a significant earnout (42:11) Buying a podcast with BITCOIN (47:19) Final M&A perspectives from a 3x entrepreneur (51:12) The role that friends and family play in an entrepreneur's success
ALT Episode 30 of the Cashing Out podcast - "From Cell Phone Insurance to Empire Building | Rob Emery" Early in his career, Rob started selling cell phones through his own retail outlets. After merging his retail locations with a franchise partner, Rob sold off his retail locations and founded ProtectCELL to focus on selling cell phone protection and replacement service plans through operational excellence and great business relationships. ProtectCELL became one of INC magazine's 500 fastest growing companies in the country. Rob was looking for a financial partner to grow the business further, but ended up selling the majority of the business in 2012 and then selling the remaining equity two years later. Today, after investing in the pet industry as a hobby, Rob is now the owner and CEO of Encompass Pet Group, which distributes high quality pet foods and products, manages pet retail outlets and sells the hugely popular pet comfort product, Snuggle Puppy.
ALT On today's episode of the Cashing Out podcast we speak to Greg Lopez, a very experienced operator and entrepreneur with a deep financial and accounting background. Greg’s superpower is clearly his financial expertise - so, you'll hear his warnings for CEOs who need to better manage businesses around cash flow instead of the P&L. We discuss how buyers and sellers clash over net working capital adjustments, which is one of the most contested issues in M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) transactions. You'll learn how Greg believes that M&A is the ultimate sales process and how being prepared to sell at any time is critical to taking advantage when the right buyer comes knocking. Today, Greg has found his calling at Eventus Advisory Group helping entrepreneurs, small business owners, and CEOs to understand their pain points around finance and accounting as a fractional CFO.