Could there be better business buyer fit than a retired world champion bowler acquiring bowling alleys? Mike Fagan, AKA King of Swing, AKA Argyle Assassin, enjoyed an illustrious career as a professional bowler and today is part of our community as an acquisition entrepreneur, buying the businesses that first sparked a passion in him.
Acquiring Minds
Passion & Profit in an American Pastime
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At five years old, you will learn about the business of bowling centers, from the reoccurring revenue generated by bowling leagues to the sale leaseback opportunities in the real estate. But a key theme of today's interview with Mike is how the dollars and cents interact with the mission and passion.
It's a tension that Mike acknowledges as he tries to optimize the business and service that heavy debt every month while at the same time reviving bowling centers as one of the cherished communal spaces in American life. Head and heart converge in this interview with King of Swing Mike Fagan, owner of ten Pins and More in Rancho Rio, New Mexico. Enjoy. Welcome to Acquiring Minds, a podcast about…
My name is Will Smith. Acquiring an existing business is an awesome. Opportunity for many entrepreneurs and on this podcast I talk to the people who do it.
What do the following Acquiring Minds guests. All have in common? Doug Johns, Morley Desai, Tim Erickson, Chirag Shah, Shane Ursam. They all went through the acquisition lap, the accelerator in community for people serious.
About buying a business, but they represent. Just a sliver of the Lab success stories. The number of deals across the lab's.
Cohorts now stands at over 120, with over $300 million in aggregate transaction value. The Acquisition Lab was founded by Walker Deibel, author of Buy Then Build, the. Book that introduced so many of you.
To the very idea of buying a business. The Lab offers a month long, intensive. Almost daily Q and A sessions with.
Advisors, live deal reviews with Walker, Deal. Team introductions and an active community of serious searchers. Check out acquisitionlab.com, link in the notes or email the lab's co founder, Chelsea Wood.
Chelseauythenbuild.com Mike Fagan welcome to Acquiring Minds.
Thank you Will. Glad to be here. Thank you for having me, Mike.
We met in Dallas at the Mines Capital Investor Day where you gave a presentation on what you're building. I and the rest of the room loved it. So of course I was eager to get you on Acquiring Minds.
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