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Stu Clark Centre Webinar Series - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition: The Overlooked Fast Track

Nov 21, 2025 11:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Online

Think starting a business means starting from scratch? Think again!

In this insightful session, Jordan Hammond dives into Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - an increasingly popular path to become a business owner for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Learn how buying an existing business can be a faster, less risky route to entrepreneurship.

Key Takeaways:

  • How to identify and evaluate a business to purchase
  • Financing options for first-time buyers
  • Integration tips: from ownership transition to team management
  • Why this model is growing in popularity among student and young entrepreneurs

Whether you're curious about alternative startup paths or actively considering acquisition, this session will open your eyes to the real possibilities behind this overlooked strategy.

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Jordan Hammond is a husband, father & entrepreneur who strives to live his life in alignment with his values of family, faith, freedom & abundance.  He has started and purchased 5 businesses in his career, 1 resulting in personal bankruptcy when he was in his early 20s.  He currently is the Visionary/CEO of Genuine Comfort which he started in 2011.  Genuine Comfort has grown through organic growth and strategic acquisitions to 15M in revenue and 20 employees.  Jordan is most proud of the quality time that he spends with his family while also growing a successful business that has a vision of being a 100M company by 2030.

This event was posted by UM Experiential Learning Partnerships, ELPartnerships@umanitoba.ca.

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