APWIRELESS
“ When we started the company in June of 2010 , we had a business model to acquire a couple of thousand leased rent streams in the United States only ”
DAN HASSELMAN CO-CEO , APWIRELESS
Thanks to this wide breadth of avenues , and a series of successful manoeuvres in line with broader industry trends , APWireless has achieved a remarkable growth trajectory from 2010 to where it is today .
“ When we started the company in June of 2010 , our business model was to acquire a couple of thousand assets in the United States only . But , after six months , and after exceeding all expectations , we decided to take the business model international . In the United States , we faced a tremendous amount of competition in the market . On any given transaction there could be five or more competitors negotiating for the same deal . What we realised was nobody was doing this internationally .”
Although APWireless initially saw a lot of competition in this field , Hasselman explains how this influenced the company ’ s decision to move outside of the busy American market and set its sights abroad .
“ In 2011 , due to competition and an untapped marketplace abroad , we took our business international . That opened a lot more opportunities for us because we were a first mover and there wasn ’ t any competition there .”
“ We acquired our first international lease at the end of 2011 in the UK , and from there we continued to expand , year after year , and we ' re now operating in 21 countries , and still growing .”
262 January 2023