Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide
26 February 2026

Taking a Single-City Acquisition Nationwide

Acquiring Minds

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Edward McDonnell bought a local services business via traditional search fund and grew it to 8 branches across 5 states.

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Topics in Edward’s interview:

    Mechanical engineering at HondaChoosing traditional search for budgetAcquiring an indoor plant/landscaping businessGoing in with no management experienceDigitizing the back officeConstantly repeating the company visionUsing EOS for efficient meetingsGrowing to 8 branches in 5 statesExiting and staying on as CEOSearching for his next business in Virginia

References and how to contact Edward:

    LinkedInBotanical Designsam@monroehillgp.com

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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron