04 Dec Acquiring Minds: ETA Unicorn: $1 Billion in Revenue in 5 Years
Today’s guest thought he would buy a business with an SBA loan, pay down the debt, cashflow it, and live happily ever after. Instead, he has rolled up dozens of businesses in commercial HVAC and adjacent services to over a billion dollars in annual revenue. Traditionally for searchers who develops a vision to consolidate their industries, $100 million in revenue is the big, hairy, audacious goal. Today’s interview with Steve Carroll might reframe what’s possible. One of the key points of this entire journey was Steve going from acquisition #1 to acquisition #2. This interview could have been hours longer, but hopefully we did justice to at least the first couple of years of Steve’s remarkable journey to build Kelso Industries to this unicorn of entrepreneurship through acquisition. Please enjoy Steve Carroll, CEO and co-founder of Kelso industries.
