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Special situations in the $1-15M EBITDA market. Timeless acquisition lessons after learning from Jeremy Giffon, who’s been part of at least 20 lower middle market acquisitions 1. Think beyond numbers. We once offerened $25 million and a Ferrari 488. 2. Best companies are getting paid an absurd amount of...

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