Buy vs build: acquiring trades businesses framed as the fastest path to growth

Hosts argue that the fastest, lowest-risk way to grow a home-service business is to acquire an existing business in a target market and apply your own playbook, rather than build organically - a thematic consolidation/M&A sentiment signal aimed at plumbing, HVAC and electrical operators.

“right now to me it feels less risky to just go buy a business in a market, we get to start at second base, we get to have a leader already in place, we have a team already in place, and day one there's revenue, and I like that.”

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