Faced with the potential of being bought out by a venture capitalist or hospital, Natural Way Chiropractic’s founder Dr. Eddie Hansen took a different approach compared to most other business owners.
“We did have venture capitalists and other big conglomerates like hospitals that wanted to purchase us. That gave me nightmares,” Hansen said. “Just to be clear, (venture capitalists and hospitals) are savage at what they do and it’s scary.”
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