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3 Years, $80k In: An Honest Update | Jesse Sunquist Interview

Name: 3 Years, $80k In: An Honest Update | Jesse Sunquist Interview
Uploaded: 2026-08-17
Duration: 51 min 37 s
Description: Jesse Sunquist owns a Mosquito Joe franchise outside Trenton, NJ that he bought three years ago for about $80,000. The business has stayed roughly flat in size while he pulls a mid-five-figure annual distribution and works only a few hours a week, thanks to a GM he hired. He also worked as a startup COO that achieved a nine-figure exit.

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Jesse Sunquist owns a Mosquito Joe franchise outside Trenton, NJ that he bought three years ago for about $80,000. The business has stayed roughly flat in size while he pulls a mid-five-figure annual distribution and works only a few hours a week, thanks to a GM he hired. He also worked as a startup COO that achieved a nine-figure exit.

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Acquiring Minds episode where Jesse Sunquist, a former startup COO with a nine-figure exit, gives an honest three-year update on a Mosquito Joe territory bought for ~$80k that has stayed roughly flat while paying him a mid-five-figure distribution for a few hours a week.