Plumbing-company founder reflects on selling his business in 2012

A trades entrepreneur (founder of the plumbing company Abacus, per the episode) recounts having sold his company in 2012 and describes meeting private-equity-style boardrooms in San Francisco and New York, a personal account of an owner exiting via sale.

“what if I hadn't sold in 2012?”

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