From $18M AI Founder to a Cleaning Business (Working 15hr/week)

Want help buying a business? https://smbdealhunter.link/pro-ytIn this episode, Rob Carpenter breaks down why he walked away from an $18M AI company to buy residential cleaning businesses, how he closed his first deal in six weeks, and what running blue-collar companies actually taught him.◼️ Why three of the most powerful people in AI convinced him to bet on blue collar instead of white collar◼️ How he closed his first acquisition in just six weeks, and the one holdout that almost blew the timeline◼️ The off-market deal he landed from a 72-year-old who'd owned his location for 40 years◼️ The expensive mistake he made in his first six months that made him reverse every single change he'd made◼️ What a 15-hour work week actually looks like when you're done by 11am and picking your kids up at 3Subscribe 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/