MechCan pitches family-business preservation as core consolidation thesis

MechCan co-founder Spencer Ross frames the roll-up's value proposition around keeping acquired businesses operating with a small, local, family feel.

“We believe, fundamentally, that these businesses are strongest when they maintain that small family, local business feel.”

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