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.
Chris and I have talked monthly about his search, thoughts on running a small company, the podcast, and all things work and life.
Badge started his search journey with a stone-pumping trench that was on the verge of bankruptcy when he acquired it.
Reg quit his corporate job to roll up foundry businesses through his holding company CaneKast, with five companies acquired so far.
John started an education business with his wife that began as a SAT and other tests prep business and eventually found its niche in MCAT testing.
Tony started his career at Microsoft before co-founding a CRM software business for real estate agents called Contactually.
Manny partnered with Broadtree Partners to acquire two commercial sweeping companies called Contract Sweeping Services and Statewide Construction Sweeping in Northern California.
In this episode, Sam shares that they’ve sold Alpha Dumpsters, started an SMB conference in Orlando scheduled for February 3-6, 2022, and have started a search incubator.
My guests, Justin Vogt and Ed Redden are the co-founders of Evermore Industries, a holding company looking to acquire industrial service companies with a time horizon measured in decades.
Deepa worked with prominent Silicon Valley tech companies like Uber, Thumbtack, and Stripe, and she decided she wanted to become an entrepreneur, but not in the typical Silicon Valley way.
Westerly Group was founded on the principle of supporting acquisition entrepreneurs with committed, permanent capital to pursue a specific industry thesis over an indefinite time horizon.
