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How We Bought 27+ Businesses and Built a $1 Billion HoldCo at 39 | Steve Carroll Interview
Steve Carroll is the CEO & co-founder of Kelso Industries, a national MEP services platform uniting HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical compan…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How I Completed 12+ Acquisitions and Still Built a New Roll-Up
My guest today is Nick Hatchka, founder of Cub Investments, which has completed over a dozen acquisitions. Nick is now building a regional platform o…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Raise $450 Million at 31 with No Track Record (and Do 90+ Deals) | Urs Wietlisbach Research
Imagine being in your early 30s, launching a private equity fund, and raising $450 million for your first fund. (No track record. No rich father or u…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
9 Figure Exit How I Built and Sold to Private Equity (Alexis Sikorsky Interview)
My guest today is Alexis Sikorsky. An entrepreneur who bootstrapped, scaled, and ultimately sold a company in a 9-figure exit.
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5 months, 3 weeks ago
He Bought 4 Small Businesses with ZERO Finance Experience (Nikolai Dimitrov Interview)
Nikolai Dimitrov went from pro football to building Unity Investment Partnership, where he buys small, reliable, everyday businesses, paying 3–4× cas…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
I Raised $11.7M To Back 13 Self-Funded Searchers | Grant Hensel Interview
Grant Hensel has started 10 companies (7 failed, 2 sold, 1 scaled), bought a business his wife now operates, and then got obsessed with backing self-…
6 months ago
60+ Search Fund Investments: What Industries Excite Him The Most TODAY
A deep-dive on the operator-first path to buying a small business. Told through the lessons of investor-turned-operator Tim Ludwig (60+ portfolio com…
6 months ago
How I Left PE, Bought 2 SaaS Businesses (Raising a Fund Next?) | Donza Worden Interview
Former institutional investor Donza Worden (co-founder, Clear Peak Capital) breaks down why many private equity pros aren’t truly investors—and what …
6 months, 1 week ago
This 70/30 Model Leads to Highest Returns
I spoke with an operator who sold his own company - then turned around and bought eight more. His playbook is specific, bank-friendly, and built for …
6 months, 1 week ago
How I Bought 7 Businesses and Built a $34M Holding Company | Doug Lepisto Interview
Co-invest in curated SMB acquisitions led by proven searchers and independent sponsors. Get a full deal room with financials, tax returns, sponsor pr…
6 months, 1 week ago