Teo Bogdan came to Michigan from Romania at 10 years old.

He grew up to get a mechanical engineering degree and land a good corporate job at a Japanese auto supplier. But sitting in that office, and looking out over the parking lot at his dream car while feeling completely trapped, he knew it wasn't his endgame.

After a single real estate flip netted him $50,000 in two weeks, the illusion of corporate security shattered. He walked away to pursue business on his own terms.

Today, Teo is rewriting the playbook on "Entrepreneurship through Acquisition." Two and a half years ago, he bought A Plus Heating and Cooling, and he’s scaling it the right way: by treating it like a system, not a job.

What we covered:

→ Why the scale of American business looked so "insane" to him at 10

→ The specific moment he realized he  ...