How This Founder Raised $800K in Capital With No Experience to Acquire an $8m Business

Join Susan Sly, Raw and Real Entrepreneurship host, as she interviews Kevin Bibelhausen, the mastermind behind Fruition Capital and Heritage Fabrics. This isn't your typical business chat; it's a deep dive into the mechanics of buying and selling businesses, focusing on the crucial role of cash flow and profitability.
Kevin opens up about his unlikely path from opera singing to dominating the business acquisition game. He breaks down the nuts and bolts of navigating business purchases with minimal initial know-how, from deciphering balance sheets to wrangling SBA loans and rallying investors. He shares his strategic maneuvers in investment, targeting growth-stage companies, and how to cultivate investor relationships to boost business growth skillfully.
Moreover, Kevin sheds light on his cutting-edge use of AI to revamp traditional businesses, pumping up efficiency and revolutionizing customer experiences in traditional furniture retail sectors.
The conversation also gets honest about the mental grind and emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship, giving you a candid look at the personal challenges of raising capital and juggling multiple business ventures.
This episode is packed with critical insights into the strategies, pitfalls, and triumphs of navigating the business landscape while keeping your personal and professional growth at full throttle.
Gear up to be inspired, informed, and ignited to tackle the entrepreneurial challenges with newfound resilience and insight.

Kevin’s Bio:
Kevin Bibelhausen is an entrepreneur, business buyer, investor and operator based in North Carolina. He is the founder and general partner of Fruition Capital, a fund investing in SMB acquisition deals in manufacturing, distribution and business services. Kevin is also the proud owner and president of Heritage Fabrics, a wholesale fabrics company he acquired in 2022.


Prior to purchasing Heritage Fabrics, Kevin spent over a decade in corporate technology and operations leadership roles for hospitals and healthcare organizations. But it was his battle with a near fatal case of COVID-19 cardiomyopathy in 2021 that led Kevin to leave the corporate world and pursue his passion of small business ownership full time.


A trained opera singer with degrees in music, Kevin is now applying his performing arts work ethic and love of people to growing Heritage Fabrics and funding other entrepreneurs through Fruition Capital. When he’s not immersed in deals, you can find Kevin speaking at industry events, mentoring other buyers on Twitter, or spending time with his family in North Carolina.


Links:
LinkedIn:   / bibelhausen  
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Website:https://bibelhausen.com/
Fabric website: https://heritagefabrics.com