Aaron McCarthy spent 20 years in corporate IT before deciding he was done climbing someone else's ladder.

In 2018 he convinced his wife for them to take a SBA loan and started Maven IT out of a borrowed front office in exchange for free support. No staff. Just him and a laptop.

In this episode we covered:

→ Why he picked recurring revenue as his model before he even had a business

→ How a cold call to a Smoothie King franchisee turned into a 50-location relationship

→ What actually happens operationally when you acquire a business

→ The cybersecurity basics small businesses skip until they get hacked

→ What he's looking for in his next acquisition strategy

Aaron’s got a simple filter: will it produce recurring revenue? Can I improve the operations? Can I learn it myself first? When those boxes check ...