Sahil Bloom

I will do more of that in the years to come at the holding company level that will sort of use holding company cash flows to go buy bigger businesses.

And we can raise quite easily probably anything up to like $50 million to go and buy a bigger business if we saw something that was really exciting where we felt like we could really bring unique value add to the table.

And we can raise quite easily probably anything up to like $50 million to go and buy a bigger business if we saw something that was really exciting where we felt like we could really bring unique value add to the table.

There's a lot of resources out there now for learning about buying businesses.

There's a lot of resources out there now for learning about buying businesses.

I would definitely go and read a bunch of the books that exist about private equity on the more traditional versions of private equity.

I would definitely go and read a bunch of the books that exist about private equity on the more traditional versions of private equity.

There's a great book called King of Capital about Steve Schwarzman, who was the first person within private equity world that really built Blackstone, which is a huge private equity fund.

There's a great book called King of Capital about Steve Schwarzman, who was the first person within private equity world that really built Blackstone, which is a huge private equity fund.

Cody obviously has a new book out about buying smaller businesses and

Cody obviously has a new book out about buying smaller businesses and

of Main Street businesses, which is a great resource.

of Main Street businesses, which is a great resource.

But there's plenty of free online resources that you can go and look at and find about investing in buying businesses.

But there's plenty of free online resources that you can go and look at and find about investing in buying businesses.

And again, the thing to think about is, are there creative ways that you can do it?

And again, the thing to think about is, are there creative ways that you can do it?

And if you have a platform or if you have built some unique distribution or some unique strategic perspective or if you have a unique SEO capability or unique paid marketing capability, there's a way where you can actually invest via your energy rather than cash.

And if you have a platform or if you have built some unique distribution or some unique strategic perspective or if you have a unique SEO capability or unique paid marketing capability, there's a way where you can actually invest via your energy rather than cash.

So the art of the deal, if you will, is really about identifying what is that sort of unique edge that you might have to make this business bigger than it is today, where you can sort of invest that into the business in addition to or instead of any upfront capital.