Jay Boren bought a tiny grease tool business run out of a living room, then grew it into a brand with 250 products.

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Topics in Jay’s interview:

• Choosing Vermont over Silicon Valley
• Solving geography through ETA
• Discovering LockNLube through Tuck
• Turning a grease coupler into opportunity
• Navigating a hostile South African supplier
• Buying LockNLube as an intern
• Structuring a heavily seller-financed acquisition
• Expanding from one SKU to 250
• Scaling through digital advertising and Amazon
• Exiting LockNLube and staying through integration

References and how to contact Jay:

• LinkedIn
• LockNLube
• Jarrett Burke on Acquiring Minds: When a Restaurant Is a Great Business to Buy

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron