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.
In 2015, Joe acquired gWorks, a software company that takes geographical information system data from government cities and counties and helps them visualize that data on their website among other services.
FreightWaves, founded in 2016, is a media and data company focused on trucking, freight, supply chains, and all things logistics.
Poppy is the CEO of USAFacts, a not-for-profit data company founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to gather, organize and share data about the US government.
Ujwal has acquired nine small companies, pieces of real estate, and other investments over the past few years and has stumbled upon quite a number of unique companies.
Tom and Roland launched a partnered search after running a background screening business together and acquired a language service business focused on intellectual property in 2016.
Michael is the founder of Garden City and has raised $51 million in permanent capital to acquire family-owned businesses across the country.
Caroline Matthews and Connor McCarthy run an investment firm called Canyonlands Funds that acquires youth summer camps from Maine to Florida.
Both Ayo Phillips and Peter Lohmann operate businesses and property services and management and also run Traction EOS in their companies.
Kaustubh recently acquired a tree service business in Seattle through a self-funded search after working in private equity in New York.
Two years ago, Alex launched a non-profit called Search and Acquire to support veterans pursuing search.
