Episodes

The Think Like an Owner podcast seeks out conversations with small company owners and investors to learn how to acquire and run small companies, with a focus on search funds, micro private equity, and permanent capital.

Episode 234

Auren Hoffman – Growing Great Data Organizations – Ep.234

The conversation centers around Auren’s experiences in running data companies and his insights into the data as a service market.

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Episode 232

Sara Heston – Stanford Search Fund Study 2024 – Ep.232

We discuss the latest findings from the 2024 Stanford Search Fund Study, which reviews trends from the past two years.

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Episode 231

Rick Ruback & Royce Yudkoff – Think Big, Buy Small – Ep.231

Rick and Royce are Harvard professors for entrepreneurship through acquisition and co-authors of the most popular and well-known piece of content in search, the HBR book How to Buy a Small Business.

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Episode 230

Anand Sanwal – Developing Insurgent CEO Instincts – Ep.230

Anand and I talk about why he stepped out of the CEO role and the type of person he looked for to replace him, how new CEOs should start their first couple months in a new company, how CB Insights has shaped his views on private markets, and more.

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Episode 228

Brett Kelly – Building a Global Accounting Firm with Permanent Capital – Ep.228

Brett is a really serious and motivated leader who’s pulled tons of great ideas from others and has a multi-decade vision for Kelly Partners.

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Episode 227

Dustin Seale – Lead Through Anything – Ep.227

Dustin has spent his career working with high-performing CEOs from over 70 countries to help transform teams and find the right successors for CEOs and other C-suite executives.

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Episode 226

A.J. Wasserstein – Living a Happier Life – Ep. 226 [Replay]

A.J. and I talk about being a professor and how to get involved if you’d like to teach, why students do not pursue entrepreneurship through acquisition and work-life integration as CEO, a topic A.J. has written and thought very deeply about, and more

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Episode 225

Anthony Bramante – Modernizing Municipal Control Systems at In Control – Ep.225

My guest today is Anthony Bramante who leads In Control, an automation control systems integrator primarily serving water and wastewater facilities at small and medium-sized towns across the Northern Midwest.

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Episode 224

Godard Abel – Riding Enterprise Software Wave at G2 – Ep.224

My guest is Godard Abel, founder and CEO of G2, an enterprise software marketplace that helps software buyers find the right software for their companies and key problems.

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Episode 223

Rick Torres – Revolutionizing Digital Pathology at Applikate – Ep.223

Rick and I talk about the digitization of pathology, where efficiencies are gained through their platform, the process for FDA approval, and what Rick’s learned building and leading teams as CEO.

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