Episode
How He Turned This Boring Business Into a 24x Return (No Experience)
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- The SMB Deal Hunter Podcast
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- Jun 26, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2730
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Summary
Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-yt In this episode, Chris Edwards breaks down how he quit a comfy consulting job in the middle of the pandemic, bought an overlooked flooring store with just 10% down, and turned it into a 24x return in four years. ◼️ How he turned just 10% down into a 24x return ◼️ Why he bought a flooring store in an isolated mountain town that bigger buyers wrote off ◼️ The year-one "I thought I ruined my life" stretch, and what got him through it ◼️ The unglamorous operator playbook that grew the bottom line, from ripping out a fax-and-paper system to bringing on offshore help ◼️ Why he walked away at the top and is now building a flooring company from the ground up, funded by the proceeds and everything the first one taught him Subscribe to the SMB Deal Hunter newsletter (200,000+ subscribers): https://join.smbdealhunter.xyz/ Follow Helen: Twitter: https://x.com/HelenGuo_ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-guo-06674523/