Episode 34: Running a Business vs. Growing a Business with Todd Taylor & Chris Holliday

So let's talk a little bit about when y'all started thinking about a transaction and how that happened.

I know that Chris and I had some conversations early on.

You were having some kind of separate conversations.

Just kind of walk us through how that thr- thought process-

Well, that would be your responsibility, Mr. Crabb.

[laughs]

So we, we were so busy running a business, w- Chris calls it in the ditch.

We were in the ditch.

We were in the cruise.

We were day to day managing everything from hose repairs, flat tires, trucks, meetings with CPAs, business development.

We were wearing 37 hats every day, right?

Right.

And it wasn't until we got introduced to Killpoint, and you specifically, Michael, that we even knew we had a product that somebody would purchase.

Mm-hmm.

You know, we, we had no idea.

We were just beating the, beating the bushes, making everything happen every day, and then, you know, you ask, "Hey, man, have you guys ever put some work into this thing?" And we're like, "No.

Actually, go away.

We're not-

[laughs]

... gonna have time for this." And here we are, right?

[laughs]

So that's, that's how we got introduced to the whole, uh, M&A scene was through you.

Yeah, I think to kind of piggyback that, we, we had conversations early especially, a- and I, I look back on it now and there, there was always phases-

Yeah

... that we would go, "Okay, we're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna do this.