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7 Years Later: Leaving Wall Street to Buy Small Businesses
Published 4 years, 8 months ago
Description
The 3 founders of Chenmark left promising corporate careers to pursue a multi-decade path of acquiring small businesses.
Themes from the interview with James & Palmer Higgins:
- Why the Chenmark founders decided to do this
- Lessons learned from 30+ acquisitions
- How the founding thesis is performing 7 years in
- The value of an "extreme delayed gratification muscle"
- Intellectual stimulation in corporate life vs. small business
- Buying big vs. buying small
- How has competition in search evolved over the last 5 years
- Chenmark’s diversification strategy
Other recommend podcasts where Chenmark has appeared:
- Invest Like the Best: Trish and James Higgins of Chenmark Capital - Permanent Equity
- Think Like An Owner: Trish Higgins, Chenmark Capital
- Think Like An Owner: Trish Higgins – Chenmark Five Years Later
- Think Like An Owner: Palmer Higgins – Moving to the Operating Side – Ep. 43
- Think Like An Owner: Palmer Higgins – Removing Sales Roles at Mainely Grass – Ep. 61
- The Commercial Landscaper: James Higgins - Reinforcing Areas to Create a More Scalable Platform
- The ThriveTime Show: What’s Your Business Worth? Buying Small and Mid-sized Businesses with Chenmark Capital
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