Garage-door owner's mixed view on selling to private equity

Kelsch reflects on the trades' mixed sentiment toward partnering with private equity - some owners value the partnership while others want to retain their brand - and argues good PE preserves culture, employees, and customers.

“Also gotten [0:23:55] [SPEAKER_03]: some people that are like, have no interest in doing this. I want to own my brand. So it's kind of a mixed bag.”

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