 

In the latest edition of Buy And Build, a series of conversations with experts in acquisitions, deal-making and investment, Gavin talks to Adrian Knight, the founder of Knight Franchises, who having recently completed the incredible Harbour Club training programme, has used the knowledge to make six acquisitions in the space of single year!

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS
Reflection after the intense training is essential. You must find time to work through what you have learned and verbalise it for yourself in order to get the best from the many lessons.
Installing an effective, proven management team in your newly acquired business will allow you to work on acquiring more, and provide either a sense of continuity where needed, or a fresh start.
One of the challenges in acquisition is that you are sometimes blessed with too many opportunities. The temptation can be to follow them all, but we must use our filter at all times.
As a founder, your vision is everything and you buy into it, never sure of how much other people buy into it, too. But by allowing our management teams to access the freedom to create their own paths, we not only set them free, but allow our visions to coalesce, empowering and energising them.

BEST MOMENTS

’The biggest lesson for those who have managed to do subsequent deals is to develop the discipline to keep themselves out of it' 

‘If you find good people, set them free’ 

‘I was trying to be a lot more strategic in my approach’ 

’You may have to have a couple of awkward conversations, but if you have that level of rapport, you can help to see it through' 

 VALUABLE RESOURCES

 

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

Knight Franchises - https://www.knightfranchises.com

adrian@knightfranchises.com

The Harbour Club - https://www.harbourclubevents.com

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Gavin Preston

 

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

 

Gavin’s energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

 

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In the latest edition of Buy And Build, a series of conversations with experts in acquisitions, deal-making and investment, Gavin talks to Adrian Knight, the founder of Knight Franchises, who having recently completed the incredible Harbour Club training programme, has used the knowledge to make six acquisitions in the space of single year!
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Sign Up Here: <a href="https://bit.ly/biz-pod">https://bit.ly/biz-pod</a>
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&nbsp;KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li>Reflection after the intense training is essential. You must find time to work through what you have learned and verbalise it for yourself in order to get the best from the many lessons.</li>
<li>Installing an effective, proven management team in your newly acquired business will allow you to work on acquiring more, and provide either a sense of continuity where needed, or a fresh start.</li>
<li>One of the challenges in acquisition is that you are sometimes blessed with too many opportunities. The temptation can be to follow them all, but we must use our filter at all times.</li>
<li>As a founder, your vision is everything and you buy into it, never sure of how much other people buy into it, too. But by allowing our management teams to access the freedom to create their own paths, we not only set them free, but allow our visions to coalesce, empowering and energising them.</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS
&rsquo;The biggest lesson for those who have managed to do subsequent deals is to develop the discipline to keep themselves out of it' 
&lsquo;If you find good people, set them free&rsquo; 
&lsquo;I was trying to be a lot more strategic in my approach&rsquo; 
&rsquo;You may have to have a couple of awkward conversations, but if you have that level of rapport, you can help to see it through' 
&nbsp;VALUABLE RESOURCES
&nbsp;
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-mastermind-podcast/id1462414516">The Business Mastermind Podcast</a>&nbsp;
Knight Franchises -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.knightfranchises.com/">https://www.knightfranchises.com</a>
adrian@knightfranchises.com
The Harbour Club -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.harbourclubevents.com/">https://www.harbourclubevents.com</a>
ABOUT THE HOST
&nbsp;
Gavin Preston
&nbsp;
Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and
high-performance Coach.&nbsp; He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.
&nbsp;
Gavin&rsquo;s energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between &pound;250,000 and &pound;30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline
Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance
Mindset, Persuasion &amp; Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership
Development, Team Development &amp; Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder
Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.
&nbsp;
CONTACT METHOD
&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.gavinpreston.com/">Gavin Preston Website</a>
<a href="http://linkedin.com/in/gavinpreston/">Gavin Preston LinkedIn</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gavinpreston1">Gavin Preston YouTube</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GavinPrestonGrowthStrategies/">Gavin Preston Facebook</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/gavinpreston?lang=en">Gavin Preston Twitter</a>

The Business Mastermind Podcast is for business owners and leaders in small to medium-sized businesses.  

If you are running a business with revenue between £100,000 and £20 million, and are looking for inspiration, insights, lessons learnt, resources and growth strategies from down to earth, relatable business people then this podcast is for you. 

It is a meeting of minds between everyday business people and specialists on their journey to master business growth. You will find these discussions both engaging and relatable, covering topics such as marketing, leadership, systems, strategy, scaling, culture, resiliency and mindset.  

Your host Gavin Preston, a student of what works, facilitates a flowing conversation that uncovers the gems of his guests' success strategies, insights and hacks.  

There is richness in the variety of the guest’s expertise, sector and their own story.  These conversations are interspersed by episodes from Gavin as he shares the growth strategies and insights from working with clients across numerous sectors.  Insight, strategy and action points that will help you Survive and Thrive in business and life as you scale your business and achieve a bigger impact for your customers, colleagues and communities.

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