Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Libraries Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

David Royce

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2174 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

You know, his kids are going to private schools, you know, he has an amazing lifestyle.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

He's a little more low key on average, but yeah, I think there's a ton of opportunity in these businesses that are overlooked, you know, that most people aren't running into and that it'd be wise to take another look at them, especially because private equity and, and the strategics are buying up a lot of these, they're rolling up a lot of these businesses right now.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

So try to find an industry where it's early, you know, maybe say it's the second or third inning.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

as opposed to maybe the ninth inning and a private equity rollout.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Let's see if you can get into that.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Yeah.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

There's a, some people call it the silver tsunami where you have a lot of genetic or, uh, uh,

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Oh, shoot.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

I forget the name of the generation.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

No, off the top of my head.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Baby boomers?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Yeah, baby boomers.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

They're retiring, right?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

And there's a lot of them that are in these blue-collar trades, and they don't have anybody to sell to.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Like, their kids don't want to go into the business, maybe because it's not as sexy as the news, you know, is what's reported.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

And so they don't know who to give it to.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

So you can do, like, your own roll-up, and that's what a lot of these private equity companies are going in, and they're buying all these up.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

And so, yeah, I think there's a great opportunity to buy at a good price, get in, learn the business, scale if you want to, and roll up yourself, and then sell the business down the road for a much higher multiple.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

Yeah, I think it's that as opposed to working –

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
From Broke College Kid to $500M Pest Control Empire β€” David Royce Explains

On the business, you're working in it.