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Start, sell, systematize, scale
The pattern behind nearly every entrepreneurial success
Simon Plummer, co-founder of Arbor Permanent Owners — a holding company built for long-term ownership — buys and operates founder-led SMEs, which he calls "loosely functioning disasters": valuable businesses with messy operations. His model relies on aligned investors (Arbor chose 44 small-business-owner investors) and the belief that simple strategy plus relentless execution beats sophistication.)
His first-year playbook maps onto your framework:
Start — The first 90 days are for listening, communicating, and settling the business; change nothing, earn trust.
Sell — Learn by doing. Sell, review, improve — creating momentum with customers; sales is the hardest lever in value creation. You also get feedback from the market and competitors
Systems — Deep dive into operations and building the sales platform.
Scale — Invest and scale only once conviction is earned.
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