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Escaping the J-Curve in a $700k SDE Ecom Business

Acquiring Minds · 2026-07-13 · 1h 30m

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Chris Farkas endured a 7-week fetal position moment when he finally found a website bug that had cost him $500k in sales. Register for the webinar: From Working IN the Business to ON the Business: How Owners Make the Transition - Thu, Jul 16 - Topics in Chris’s interview: Going through Acquisition Lab First deal fell through on Christmas Eve Acquiring an ecommerce business with a warehouse Buying inventory he didn’t want The marketing agencies that hurt his business Business almost tanked due to website glitch Doing $10k in sales per day Hardship of traveling every other week Why he stays off Amazon Make only one change at a time References and how to contact Chris: LinkedIn EmergencyKits.com Russ Hadlock on Acquiring Minds: The Front Lines of a Crisis Dave Richards of Keystone Business Advisors Kalen Foster of Live Oak Bank Get a complimentary IT audit for acquisition diligence or post-close transition. Visit inzotechnologies.com/eta .

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