ETA·BRAINa Katyella project

Acquiring Minds

Reward for 17-Month Deal: $1.8m of EBITDA

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And it's all the way up at 5 million. So you made an offer price on a business when it was doing 3.1 million. By the time you close, it's doing 5 million.

So what is that? You know, a 66 increase, roughly call it, and at the same purchase price. So is it. Is this as good as it sounds?

I think, you know, as time was passing and, you know, you don't. Especially when you start really thinking about, like, operating the business, you start really going into operator mode. Right. And so, like, it is nice.

I'm not downplaying it. And, you know, when I had a chance to do it, you know, and look back at it one weekend once I was already in the business, like.

What was like my purchase multiple in the beginning and what did it end up being, like, under four? Like. Yeah, that's pretty. That's pretty crazy for, you know, a business almost doing like, 2 million SD.

So that. That is encouraging, but it wasn't like I was secretly angling for that or anything. It was just more so the relationship I built with the sellers. You know, they would tell me all the time, you know, they.

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