Buyers and Builders
by PrivateEquityGuy
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How I Invested in 150+ Companies and Built a $2B AUM Private Equity…
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The Buyers and Builders podcast with PrivateEquityGuy is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about holding companies, buying and building businesses, entrepreneurship, investing, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!
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- How I Invested in 150+ Companies and Built a $2B AUM Private Equity Firm | James Andersen Interview · 1 h 0 minWhat does it really take to build a successful private equity firm from scratch, and what can 30 years and more than 150 transactions teach you about investing? I sit down with…
- How Marc Stad Raised $180M and Grew Dragoneer to $40 Billion in AUM · 22 minAt 27, he had $0 in assets under management. By 32, he had raised $180 million. Today, Marc Stad's Dragoneer Investment Group manages over $40 billion. How did he do it? From…
- He's 30, Raised $25 Million, and Bought Two Boring Businesses | Giuseppe Balzano Interview · 1 h 17 minWhat does it take to acquire companies, build a serial acquisition platform, and never sell? My guest today is Giuseppe Balzano, founder of Novaterra, an Italian permanent…
- I Met Roll-Up and Serial Acquisition Outliers. Here’s What I Learned · 24 minWhat does it actually take to build a world-class roll-up? After spending a day at the RollUpEurope Serial Acquirers Summit with some of Europe’s most active serial acquirers, we…
- A Private Equity Approach to Public Markets | Deiya and Dean Pernas Interview · 52 minMy guests today are Deiya and Dean Pernas, founders of Pernas Research, who have compounded capital at roughly 30% annually over the past nine years. We explore their private…
- How to Scale a Services Business Like a Tech Company | Sam Allsopp Interview · 50 minMy guest today is Sam Allsopp, co-founder of Neal Roofing and Waterproofing, a home services company he started with Andrew Neal in 2020 and has since grown from zero to roughly…
- The Roll-Up Playbook: From Zero to $100M Revenue | Felix Jander Interview · 57 minMy guest today is Felix Jander, co-founder of Arsipa, a buy-and-build company focused on occupational health and safety. Felix and Stefan began exploring the idea during COVID…
- The Anti-Private Equity Playbook: Buy Great Businesses and Don’t Change Them | Justin Escajeda · 44 minMy guest today is Justin Escajeda, an entrepreneur who owns 12 trade businesses around Pittsburgh, employing roughly 250 people and generating more than $50 million in annual…
- Masters of Private Equity: Warren Hellman, Tully Friedman and Joseph Rice · 51 minIn 2010, Robert Finkel wrote the book The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing In this episode, I explore the…
- How Two First-Time CEOs Bought a $5M EBITDA Business | Greg Geronemus Interview · 57 minGreg Geronemus bought a ~$5M EBITDA business with no operating experience, financed half the purchase price with a seller note, and spent his first year doing something most new…
- Inside a Public 14-Acquisition Compounder | Eric Tan and Patrick Grove · 1 h 1 minEric Tan and Patrick Grove are building one of Southeast Asia's most interesting serial acquirers. As CEO of Catcha Digital, they've completed 14 acquisitions while creating a…
- Why Buy-and-Build Is One of the Best Investment Opportunities | Frederik Brandis Interview · 50 minFrederik Brandis was one of the key minds behind Arsipa, a buy-and-build platform focused on acquiring occupational medicine and workplace safety consultancies. As one of the…
- Search Funds, Buy-and-Builds & the Future of ETA | Greg Geronemus Interview · 55 minGreg Geronemus is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Footbridge Partners, where he backs entrepreneurs pursuing search funds and other forms of Entrepreneurship Through…
- How to Build a Roll-Up to 8-Figure Revenue | Nathan Lindley Interview · 50 minNathan Lindley is the CEO of Lindley Home Services, an HVAC platform that has completed 11 acquisitions across Texas. But this story almost ended before it began... After…
- 13 Acquisitions and Why Permanent Capital Beats Private Equity | Chris Rolls of PieLab Capital · 49 minChris Rolls is the founder of PieLAB Capital, a holding company with nine portfolio companies built through 13 acquisitions. After building and selling multiple businesses, Chris…
- A $6.5M Estimate in 23 Minutes: How AI Is Rewiring SMBs | David Flickinger Interview · 51 minIn this episode, David Flickinger, founder of Vellm.ai, joins Mikk Markus to explain how his journey from Marine Corps officer to AI implementation shaped his perspective on…
- 90+ Acquisitions, 30% Revenue CAGR, 35% Book Value Growth | Brett Kelly Interview · 47 minBrett Kelly is the founder and CEO of Kelly Partners Group. Since founding the firm in 2006, Brett has completed more than 90 acquisitions, compounded revenue at over 30%…
- How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $120M HoldCo | Andrea Allegrini of Lindbergh · 51 minAndrea Allegrini is one of the key operators behind one of Europe’s most fascinating small-cap acquisition stories. Lindbergh is building what could become the country’s first…
- How We Bought 160 Businesses and Built a $1.5B HoldCo at 33 and 35 | Ramsey Sahyoun of Evergreen · 58 minRamsey Sahyoun shares how Evergreen grew from a Berkshire-inspired idea into a $1.5B revenue, $250M EBITDA HoldCo with 160 acquisitions. We discuss proprietary sourcing…
- 35+ Acquisitions, $1.3B Exit and Backing 80+ Searchers | Mark Sinatra of ETA Equity · 1 h 6 minMark Sinatra has lived the full search fund journey: discovering ETA at Wharton, acquiring Staff One HR, surviving the 2008 crisis, scaling the business, selling to Oasis…
