Timing is Everything: Buying a $30m Tutoring Business

And I wanted a, you know, a transition that was like, faster than slower and, you know, those. And I wanted to enjoy my day if I'm going to be interacting with these people, like, somewhat regularly. And so, yeah, those things were met for me.

And so, you know, my dad also says, like, you can't ever get enough of what you don't really want. And so, like, what I'm. What I'm trying to say is, like, maybe I could have made more money somewhere else, but, like, I would still be the one turning the crank for the next five years.

Like, if you have enough, then, like, more doesn't actually change anything. So anyways, I mean, I don't know if this makes sense or if I'm rambling.

No, no, it is great because there's a point where it's kind of like as long as you're. There's a. Not as long as Jared or whoever offers to buy your business meets a certain threshold beyond that, the. That that's a checkbox. And after that, you're looking for these other softer.

That's how considerations of it. I don't know how other people thought of it. You know, I'm also thankful that I had other things going on.

So I didn't feel like this is like my one score and I was like, I'm not 70 years old. We're like, you know, this is, there's nothing else for me. You know what I'm saying?

So I, I probably am a somewhat atypical seller, but for me that's what, that's what I wanted.

Well, and, and that is why this is a, a interesting wrinkle in the story, Dave, is because one of the best practices in our world is that we buy from retiring sellers where there's a real incentive that they're leaving. Because from Jared's perspective and all of ours perspective, it's like, yeah, but why is Dave really trying to sell? He's clearly still very energetic.

He's young. How old are you, Dave?

I'm 42.

42. I mean he's got 20 years. And with your energy, maybe 40 years left in his career. If this business is so great, why is he, why is he trying to move on from it?