Multiple perspectives today as Chelsea Wood of the Acquisition Lab moderates a panel with 3 women who bought businesses.
Topics from the panel:
- Cassie Niekamp bought the first company she looked at: a 40-year old fencing company
- How she dealt with a $200k valuation gap
- What went well with the transition and what didn’t go well
- Anne Ristic left a 30-year career in law to buy a business
- How her collaborative leadership style has served her
- Why it’s okay if you don’t have all the skills you need
- Morli Desai purchased an e-commerce skincare business
- Her difficulty getting sellers to talk to her
- How joining Acquisition Lab made all the difference in her search
- Advice from all the guests about successful acquisition
References and how to contact the panelists:
- Cassi Niekamp - LinkedIn
- Cassi's business, Bowden Fence Company
- Morli Desai - LinkedIn
- Morli's business, Amaira Natural Skincare
- Anne Ristic - LinkedIn
- Anne's business, AES
- Chelsea Wood - LinkedIn
- Acquisition Lab
- 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
- Buy Then Build by Walker Deibel
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