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Why Small Business Beats the Corporate Ladder w/ Matt Moldenhauer – DT 452
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June 18, 2026
Why Small Business Beats the Corporate Ladder w/ Matt Moldenhauer – DT 452
Matt Moldenhauer is a Partner at Elmore Companies and a former Bain & Company consultant who left the 34th floor of a Chicago high-rise to run a logging company in rural South Carolina. He walked away from the corporate ladder the same year he was offered everything it promised — and spent seven years building one of the fastest-growing logging and wood supply companies in the region. He reveals why small business is the most underrated vehicle for building wealth in America — and why the construction industry is sitting on one of the biggest untapped acquisition opportunities in the country.
Follow Matt on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-moldenhauer-16b92411/
Learn more about Elmore Companies at: https://elmorecompanies.com/
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