Flower Power: Buying a Rose Distributor Primed for Growth

August 9, 2022
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here are many things about acquisition entrepreneurship that I love.

Here are just 3:

You can buy a business where the seller is tired or checked-out or otherwise resting on their laurels, and you can come in as new owner with all your vigor & vision, and in the happiest of cases, just GROW it like crazy.

Another thing I like:

The niche-y, funky, hiding-in-plain-sight nature of so many of these SMBs that you can buy.

And lastly:

How buying a business sets people on a whole new trajectory — one that is often more exciting, more fulfilling, and more financially rewarding than whatever they were doing before.

Today's guest Jason Cline embodies all 3 of these.

Jason Cline of Kauai Isle Flowers
Jason Cline, owner of Kauai Isle Flowers

Last year, at age 50, Jason, with wife Lynda by his side, stepped off the corporate path he'd been on for over 20 years to buy a flower distribution business in Florida.

I like distribution businesses, and I like flowers, so I was eager to sink my teeth into this one. Hopefully you're eager to hear it.

Here is Jason Cline, owner of Kauai Isle Flowers 👇👇

Sponsors

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August Felker is a 2-time successful searcher — first with a traditional search fund; the second time around, he did a self-funded search.

Today August runs Oberle Risk Strategies, an insurance firm with a dedicated practice group for searchers and acquisition entrepreneurs like you.

If you've got a business under LOI, Oberle will provide complimentary due diligence on that business's insurance and benefits program. A great, no-risk way to get to know August & team.

They love helping searchers; they've worked with hundreds. Oberle is a specialty insurance brokerage for searchers, by a former searcher.

Check out the Search Fund Team at Oberle.

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Flower Power: Buying a Rose Distributor Primed for Growth

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here are many things about acquisition entrepreneurship that I love.

Here are just 3:

You can buy a business where the seller is tired or checked-out or otherwise resting on their laurels, and you can come in as new owner with all your vigor & vision, and in the happiest of cases, just GROW it like crazy.

Another thing I like:

The niche-y, funky, hiding-in-plain-sight nature of so many of these SMBs that you can buy.

And lastly:

How buying a business sets people on a whole new trajectory — one that is often more exciting, more fulfilling, and more financially rewarding than whatever they were doing before.

Today's guest Jason Cline embodies all 3 of these.

Jason Cline of Kauai Isle Flowers
Jason Cline, owner of Kauai Isle Flowers

Last year, at age 50, Jason, with wife Lynda by his side, stepped off the corporate path he'd been on for over 20 years to buy a flower distribution business in Florida.

I like distribution businesses, and I like flowers, so I was eager to sink my teeth into this one. Hopefully you're eager to hear it.

Here is Jason Cline, owner of Kauai Isle Flowers 👇👇

Sponsors

Oberle Risk Strategies logo

August Felker is a 2-time successful searcher — first with a traditional search fund; the second time around, he did a self-funded search.

Today August runs Oberle Risk Strategies, an insurance firm with a dedicated practice group for searchers and acquisition entrepreneurs like you.

If you've got a business under LOI, Oberle will provide complimentary due diligence on that business's insurance and benefits program. A great, no-risk way to get to know August & team.

They love helping searchers; they've worked with hundreds. Oberle is a specialty insurance brokerage for searchers, by a former searcher.

Check out the Search Fund Team at Oberle.

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