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.
My guest today is Nick Huber, founder of now over a dozen companies beyond Bolt Storage, his self-storage business he’s perhaps most well-known for. Check out our first episode together, episode 68, for more about Bolt Storage.
David is an investor, former CEO, professor at Stanford, and as of July 13th, 2023, an influential author having published his first book, The Manager’s Handbook.
This is our third episode in our Launch Series, this conversation focused on managing the due diligence process after a signed LOI with past guest Ryan Turk, CEO of Radiation Detection Company, and Keith Gross, Partner at Pacific Lake.
My guest on this episode is Sieva Kozinsky, co-founder of Enduring Ventures, a holding company founded in 2019 with 17 acquisitions to date. Sieva and I met at a dinner following the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in Omaha, his first time attending.
This episode is the second in our Launch Series partnered series with Pacific Lake Partners and Trilogy Search Partners focused on starting a search. We walk through the various phases before and after the search begins.
Today’s episode is the first in our new seven-episode series titled Launch Series, in collaboration with Trilogy Search Partners and Pacific Lake Partners.
My guest, Chris Hoffman, is the President and CEO of Hoffman Brothers, a home services business based in St. Louis. Hoffman Brothers have scaled from $10 million in 2015 to over $100 million in revenue in 2023.
Ed and I talk about making the first acquisition in a holding company strategy, working at the intersection of hardware and software, talent planning and sales development, and life running a company while being a new parent.
