Jon Hyatt was under LOI on a dental practice when a late-night Craigslist search turned up one he couldn't resist.

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Topics in Jon’s interview:

• Using Facebook groups for industry research
• Why labor became a search constraint
• The abandoned dental roll-up thesis
• Discovering E.J. Willis on Craigslist
• Falling for a 138-year-old heritage brand
• Buying a tiny business
• Navigating an asset purchase and carve-out
• Selling bells to defense shipbuilders
• Building direct-to-consumer bell demand
• Reviving forgotten products and company history

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• LinkedIn
• E.J. Willis Co.

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron