Ayo Phillips - Turnaround to Exit - Ep.151

<p>My guest on this episode is Ayo Phillips. You’ll remember Ayo’s episode last March, episode 56 titled “Small Company Firefighting”, where Ayo walked us through all the different challenges he was facing in his apartment turnover services business, Perfect Surface. Since then he sold the business a couple of months ago and I wanted to hear all about the progress he made in the business to professionalize and prepare it for sale.</p><p>Ayo and I talk about building from a turnaround position, coaching replacements and developing a management team, the process of selling your business, and his reflections on industry selection.</p><p>Listen weekly and follow the show on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-like-an-owner/id1445929750" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fbv9d4HpDwuO4MOPvgdvO?si=bfa67fb76c654755" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWRjaXJjbGUuY29tLzI1ODM4YjdlLTdlZTgtNGZjMC05ZjU0LTViNjJkZDNmZTBjNg" rel="nofollow">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/think-like-an-owner" rel="nofollow">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.breaker.audio/think-like-an-owner" rel="nofollow">Breaker</a>, and <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Think-Like-An-Owner-p1180625/" rel="nofollow">TuneIn</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Links:</u></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.alexbridgeman.com/podcasts/ayo-phillips-small-company-firefighting-ep-56/" rel="nofollow">Ayo Phillips - Small Company Firefighting - Ep.56</a></p><p><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/j/j-curve-effect.asp" rel="nofollow">The J Curve</a></p><p><a href="https://www.alexbridgeman.com/podcasts/on-revenue-quality-with-bradley-roofner-and-logan-brown-ep-145/" rel="nofollow">On Revenue Quality with Bradley Roofner and Logan Brown - Ep.145</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Topics:</u></strong></p><p>(3:50) - What’s the high-level overview of taking over this company and how you rebuilt the bu