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The 7-Year Collapse of an SBA Acquisition

The 7-Year Collapse of an SBA Acquisition

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Scott Duncan endured brutal ups & downs — and personal depression — during his ownership of a doomed tool & die business

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Topics in Scott’s interview:

  • Wishing he had listened to his gut
  • The risk of EBITDA (vs. revenue) concentration
  • Managing highly skilled primadonnas
  • Employee theft
  • Losing key employees
  • Long sales cycles and fixed quotes
  • Forced Covid shutdown
  • Razor and blade business model
  • Facing aggressive creditors
  • Filing Chapter 7

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron

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