Robert Lacis

Founder at Lacis Partners | Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition | Small Business Owner

Jack and The Beanstalk Gardensex-Maxim Integratedex-The Data Product Leadership Community

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When it comes to building companies, I’ve gone from zero to one (and back to zero) three times. In addition to my MBA (UBC), these entrepreneurial learning experiences taught me a bunch about building, growing, and running small

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Our most recent venture was a functional-fitness community gym in Portland, Oregon. This experience is particularly relevant to buying a small, community-focused business, as it has taught us the importance of customer experience and member empathy during the challenges of I’ve worked in the US high-tech sector for the past 25 years, focused on sales operations, marketing operations, and business analytics. My experiences include Cisco (networking), Maxim Integrated (semiconductors), Amazon Web Services (SaaS), and Autodesk (design and build As self-funded searchers, we’re looking to buy a wonderful small business within a 30-minute drive of Parksville, British Columbia. Along with my spouse, Suzi, I will be an engaged and energetic owner. Slow and steady growth is important to us. Ideally, this business will have been an upstanding contributor to the local community for over 20 Two industries of interest are lifestyle migration services and wood Lifestyle migration services include tourism/hospitality, health and personal services, home and property services, financial/professional services, and lifestyle/leisure businesses that make retirement in the area comfortable and Wood products of interest are smaller value‑added shops and craft/furniture businesses.