19 Apr Acquiring Minds: Getting Unstuck by Buying a Business | Christian Bateson Interview
Christian Bateson was miserable. Peeling himself out of bed at 3:30 every morning to sleepwalk to his desk at a toxic firm. He was under-slept. Over-boozed. Dying inside. Flash forward, and today Christian is almost 5 years into ownership of a business he bought, a construction cleaning company. It did almost $4m last year and is projected to reach $7.5m this year. Most importantly, Christian has rediscovered himself. Optimism, fulfillment, autonomy. His life makes sense again. Now, regular listeners of Acquiring Minds know that we try to feature a balance of stories here, including the dark ones, the fetal position moments. We don’t oversell the dream… But not today. Christian’s story is an unqualified, full-throated celebration of this path of entrepreneurship through acquisition.
