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How I Built and Sold a $31m Financial Media HoldCo | James Camp Interview
Description
James started and built a financial media holdco to the point where it was acquired for $31 million.
He did it in 5 short years…
We discuss:
- Founding HoldCo with the most financially creative person he knew – a former commodities trader
- Organic growth vs growth through mergers and acquisitions
- Looking for stable year-over-year growth opportunities. “I’m not the dude who wants to do turnarounds”
- The importance of distribution and surfing the right wave
- The best deals have always been off-market
- How to win deals over the guys who take potential sellers to Lakers games
- Sales and marketing lessons from friends who run $100 mm business
- Why he's betting heavily on social: Short and long-form content
- Why and how ego holds too many entrepreneurs back
My conversation with James Camp, co-founder of DMO Holdings.
Enjoy.
Show notes:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:44 - Life before DMO Holdings
00:06:10 - Launch and growth of DMO Holdings
00:15:35 - Finding the best talent through your network and community
00:28:35 - The importance of distribution and surfing the right wave
00:33:28 - Buy and build success tory: Growing a company 6x in 11 months
00:41:03 - Looking for $2-5mm EBITDA businesses
00:55:55 - Ego holds so many entrepreneurs back
01:03:30 - Attracting the right LPs
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