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Key takeaways in this post:
- Mid-market sustainable brands generally combine practices as opposed to acquiring or buying practices.
- Spend time to make sure it feels right.
- The easier part is getting the contract signed; the harder part is the integration of the two practices and to make sure 1 + 1 at least = 3.