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.
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.
Tony and Cassi are lifelong entrepreneurs in various ventures, but by far, their most successful venture is Senior Dental Care, now called Aria Care Partners under private equity ownership.
Tom has spent a great portion of his career managing service and operations teams for Ingersoll Rand and Trane.
Ryan raised a traditional search fund in March 2020 and closed on Radiation Detection Company only nine months later in December 2020.
Preston is the COO of FLYING Magazine, which was purchased in July 2021 by Craig Fuller and has been going through a broad transformation to a modern media business.
