Eric Hayes was an accomplished executive in the DC area with 5 kids when he decided to buy a business in Laramie, WY. Topics in Eric’s interview:
Walking away from a C-level career to buy a small business
Difficulty raising equity
How “smiling and dialing” investors paid off
Willingness to take “key man risk”
Negotiating a premium for his operations experience
The business of restoring native ecosystems 
Costs to serve customers across the Mountain West
Learning to communicate with his foremen
Uncertainty of project-based business
Life in a small town vs. life in a big city
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Rocky Mountain Reclamation
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