Exiting the Automatic Business
February 10, 2016 |
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Ian Schoen built Two Tree International up to $4 million in revenue before he sold it in a multimillion dollar exit in 2015. Schoen was able to attract a number of buyers because he had created an operating manual employees could follow.
Our guest
Ian Schoen is the co-founder of Two Tree International, a design and manufacturing firm that brings products directly from concept to customer. The company was started in 2008 with a $50k loan and had grown to sales of over $4 million with 15 employees when it was sold in 2015. Ian is currently spending his energy bringing together a community of like-minded entrepreneurs with an emphasis on meetups, masterminds, and travel at DynamiteCircle.com. His journey and anecdotes are charted weekly on a podcast with his co-host Dan Andrews at TropicalMBA.com. Ian can usually be found racing something with wheels on the weekend and on Twitter the rest of the week (@anythingian).Related to this topic
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