Buying a $40m Business as a 49-Year-Old First-Timer

Greg Hirsch wants more seasoned professionals to understand how valuable their experience can be to an ETA journey.

Topics in Greg’s interview:

• Fifteen years learning systems at Sysco Foods
• Failed startup revealed builder, not founder path
• Helped scale trucking roll-up through industry consolidation
• Revisiting his “heck no” pile
• Invests in timeless blue-collar essential industries
• Late-40s searches benefit from life experience
• Spouse alignment essential before risking family security
• His wife’s perspective on the process
• Growth comes from removing operational friction
• His wife’s perspective on the process

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• LinkedIn
• Hirsch Ventures

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron