The Roll-Up with No Investors & No Clock | Tyler Hoffman Interview

Synopsis

Tyler Hoffman bought Metro Wireless, a Detroit managed IT and connectivity company, in late 2021 at age 28. After losing a customer that represented 25% of revenue and half of earnings, he rebuilt from $3.6 million of revenue to a $9 million run rate with more than $2 million of EBITDA, then added three tuck-in acquisitions. The episode covers a no-outside-equity roll-up, 2x tuck-in deals, internal leadership, and a long-term goal of $50 million of revenue by 2035.

Ideas in this episode

• Agency roll-up holding company

  Tyler Hoffman describes rolling up Metro Wireless from $3.6M to a $9M run rate with three tuck-in acquisitions, building toward $50M of revenue by 2035 without outside equity.

• Buy-and-build holding company

  Tyler Hoffman of Metro Wireless rebuilt revenue from $3.6M to $9M after losing a 25%-of-revenue customer, then added three tuck-in acquisitions as a platform.

• Small business acquisition (no experience required)

  Tyler Hoffman bought Detroit managed-IT firm Metro Wireless in late 2021 at age 28 and scaled it from $3.6M of revenue to $9M with $2M+ EBITDA via no-equity roll-up.