Buyers and Builders
Episodes
9 Add-Ons in 24 Months | Dan Lifshits of Dwelly Interview
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Lifshits, co-founder of Dwelly, explains how he is building an AI-enabled roll-up in the UK lettings market by acquiring independent agencies and ...
How We Built IDUN Industrier: 20 Acquisitions and 60x+ P/E Ratio
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we break down IDUN Industrier, a Swedish serial acquirer that has completed 20 acquisitions to date and now trades at roughly a 65x P...
35x and 100x MOIC Outcomes: Lessons From 100 Search Fund Investments | Lacey Wismer Interview
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks with Lacey Wismer of Hunter Search Capital ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceywismer/ ) about h...
A Serial Acquirer Masterclass and The Story Of 47 Acquisitions Per Year
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why serial acquirers remain one of the most powerful business models in the world.The best of them have acquired as many as 275 companies and traded a...
38 Acquisitions Generating $2 Billion in Revenue | Eric Wiklendt Interview
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks with Eric Wiklendt of Speyside Equity ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwiklendt/ ) about Eric&...
How I Left PE and Bought 16 Companies | Kaido Veske Interview
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks with Kaido Veske of Livonia Partners ( https://www.livoniapartners.com/ ) about Kaido’s journ...
10 Acquisitions in 24 Months, No Fund | Travis Jamison Interview
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Travis Jamison of CapitalPad ( https://capitalpad.com/ ) about building a deal-by-deal in...
Why This Operator Won’t Raise a Fund (17 Companies, 9 Exits) | Vic Keller
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Vic Keller of Experience Ventures ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickeller/ ) about building ...
Off-Market Deal Flow for $2M-$200M Founder-Led Companies
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Operators, independent sponsors, searchers, and lower middle market investors: this episode is about building repeatable deal flow in the $2-15M EBITD...
5 Acquisitions in 24 Months: How I Got 60-70% Seller Financing | Millen Rastogi Interview
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Millen Rastogi of UniversaCare ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/millenrastogi/ ) about leaving ...
How I Left PE, Bought 3 Businesses, and Scaled to $10M+ EBITDA | Reza Jafer Interview
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Reza Jafer of Second Bite Capital ( https://x.com/rezajafer ) about how he left private equi...
The Story of Bowles, Hollowell, Conner & Co
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The lower middle market runs on trust and relationship building.In this episode, we explore Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co., the quiet Charlotte-bas...
30 Add-Ons in 48 Months | Luis Reyes of IBV
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Luis Reyes of Iberian Ventures ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiz/ ) about how he has comple...
Search Fund Success Story: From $15M to $200M Through 7 Acquisitions
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Christa Glassburn about how she joined a search fund, acquired seven companies and scaled re...
A $25 million LOI with a Ferrari 488
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode breaks down how Jeremy Giffon ( https://x.com/jeremygiffon ) thinks about special situations, forced sellers, and overlooked businesses, ...
The Real Playbook Behind an Operator-Led Roll-Up (10 Acquisitions in 18 Months)
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Jeremy Yamaguchi ( https://x.com/jeremyyamaguchi ) about how he acquired 10 companies in 18 ...
This hire led to an additional $3.5M in net profit (You can hire the exact same person)
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This one hire is something all profitable, cash-flowing traditional businesses can do. Yes, it can be a significant investment -- great specialists ar...
From Near Collapse to $100M+ Exit: A Story of 8 Smart Acquisitions
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Todd Saunders shares how one small group of customers with much better retention changed the direction of his entire business. Instea...
The Playbook Behind 605+ Acquisitions | Justin Ishbia research
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We go deep on Justin Ishbia, co-founder and Managing Partner of Shore Capital Partners - one of the most successful lower-middle-market private equity...
How I Bought 5 Businesses After Failing My First Acquisition
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Lawrence, the founder of Uncomplicated Group went from middle management at a $14B manufacturer to buying five businesses in a few short years -...
How Smart Buyers Create Alpha Without Cheap Debt
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the last 20 years, private equity followed a simple formula: buy with leverage, cut costs, rely on multiple expansion, exit at a higher valuation....
The Playbook for 50-200% Annual Company Growth
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I’m joined by John Seiffer - the person investors, company buyers and operators call when growth starts getting expensive, messy, o...
Why Private Equity Talent Is Leaving for Search Funds and HoldCos
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future of private equity talent is moving toward ownership.We explore why the traditional PE career path is breaking, why carry no longer delivers...
How the Top 1% Gets Outsized Returns (A Key Lesson from Working With 6,000+ Business Buyers)
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we break down a powerful idea from Jeffrey Walker, a private equity veteran who backed thousands of entrepreneurs and watched success...
How I Quit My 6-Figure Job and Bought 9 Companies
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, David Dowda (Dowda Holdings), went from burned-out insurance salesman working 80-100 hour weeks to buying his first business doing ju...
How These Firms Turn $5M-15M Companies Into 100x Returns
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How these serial acquirers generate 20-40% annual returns for decades?They buy small, niche, profitable companies again and again.In this episode, we ...
From VC to Main Street: How AI Is Rewiring Service Businesses
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Cyrus Hessabi from Shore Capital Partners breaks down what it really looks like to build AI-enabled services, transition from VC to m...
How to Find 10x MOIC, 30%+ IRR Deals (Step-by-Step)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most people in ETA quote the Stanford Search Fund Study, but almost no one looks at what investors actually earn. In this episode, we break down new Y...
20 Acquisitions, 500 LPs, Zero Fund (The Private Equity Strategy No One Is Talking About)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sequoya Borgman has quietly built one of the most interesting retail-funded private equity machines in America. Since launching Borgman Capital in 201...
How I Retired at 30 as a Family Office Investor (Here Are the Investments I've Made)
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Akshay Ramachandran is a retired family office investor. In his last role, Akshay was the sole analyst at a New York-based single family office, repor...
Buy 5 Companies as Fast as You Can (1-on-1 Advice From Fredrik Karlsson That Changed Everything)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a holding company that almost no one talks about, yet it might be one of the most efficient compounding engines.RÖKO owns 29 niche, traditi...
Ian Rickwood on AI, Private Equity, Car Wash & Real Estate Investing | Henley Group
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Rickwood, Founder and CEO of Henley Group, has quietly deployed $4B+ across US and Europe, built and sold food chains, and is now rolling up US ca...
How to Win Deals Over Private Equity (Even if They Pay 10-20% More)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most underrated skills in business acquisitions. Beyond financial models and deal structures, many great acquisitions happen because buyers...
The Private Equity Bubble? | Inside a Private Equity Firm Built for What Comes Next
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Joel Mathew, Head of Originations at Woodson Equity. We discuss how his entrepreneurial path led him into private equity, Woodson’...
The One System That Scaled from $3.5M to a 15-Company Portfolio (Sid Jashnani)
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How Sid Jashnani scaled his firm into a portfolio of 15 companies and $77 million in revenue. If you’re an investor or builder, this is a masterclas...
7 Acquisitions Done — Buying Businesses on “Easy Mode” in 2025 (here’s why)
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buying a small business and raising the equity shouldn’t take a roadshow.In this episode, Donza Worden (ex–institutional PE, Clear Peak Capital) a...
How to Build a 7-Figure Company from Scratch (with Mac Lackey)
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Mac Lackey, an entrepreneur who has founded and sold six companies, each with 7-and 8-figure exits - including two back-to-back inte...
How Builders Build Wealth That Lasts (and Mistakes to Avoid)
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You’ve spent years building something from nothing — finding deals, operating, and growing real value. But what happens after success? Once liquid...
4 Portfolio Companies and The Gritty Playbook of Value Investing | Reggie Pryor Jr.
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Value-driven investor and turnaround specialist Reggie Prior Jr. (Founder, Prior LLC) breaks down his simple but relentless playbook: buy what others ...
How They Turned $8 Million into $450 Million (by Following THIS #1 SIMPLE Habit)
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The greatest builders in history share one habit that changed their fortunes.You’ll hear how a single paragraph led Munger to a $500 million investm...
How to Build Proprietary Deal Flow? (15 Off-Market Acquisitions)
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Lang has done 22 acquisitions (mostly off-market). Grant spent a full day at his masterclass—and it was the most valuable single-day M&A p...
Lessons from 100+ Acquisitions You Can Implement TODAY | Joe Liemandt
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this deep dive, we unpack the operating philosophy of Joe Liemandt - builder of Trilogy Software and ESW Capital, and now the force behind Alpha Sc...
How We Bought 27+ Businesses and Built a $1 Billion HoldCo at 39 | Steve Carroll Interview
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Carroll is the CEO & co-founder of Kelso Industries, a national MEP services platform uniting HVAC, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical com...
How I Completed 12+ Acquisitions and Still Built a New Roll-Up
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Nick Hatchka, founder of Cub Investments, which has completed over a dozen acquisitions. Nick is now building a regional platform of...
How to Raise $450 Million at 31 with No Track Record (and Do 90+ Deals) | Urs Wietlisbach Research
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 un...
9 Figure Exit How I Built and Sold to Private Equity (Alexis Sikorsky Interview)
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Alexis Sikorsky. An entrepreneur who bootstrapped, scaled, and ultimately sold a company in a 9-figure exit.SponsorsThis episode is ...
He Bought 4 Small Businesses with ZERO Finance Experience (Nikolai Dimitrov Interview)
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nikolai Dimitrov went from pro football to building Unity Investment Partnership, where he buys small, reliable, everyday businesses, paying 3–4× c...
I Raised $11.7M To Back 13 Self-Funded Searchers | Grant Hensel Interview
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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-f...
60+ Search Fund Investments: What Industries Excite Him The Most TODAY
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 comp...
How I Left PE, Bought 2 SaaS Businesses (Raising a Fund Next?) | Donza Worden Interview
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former institutional investor Donza Worden (co-founder, Clear Peak Capital) breaks down why many private equity pros aren’t truly investors—and wh...
This 70/30 Model Leads to Highest Returns
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 g...
How I Bought 7 Businesses and Built a $34M Holding Company | Doug Lepisto Interview
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-invest in curated SMB acquisitions led by proven searchers and independent sponsors. Get a full deal room with financials, tax returns, sponsor pro...
How to Build a $30M HVAC HoldCo (4 Acquisitions and Next Goal $150M)
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At 42, Sam Turner had the title, the pay, the lake view in Switzerland — but he was not happy. So he engineered his exit, just as COVID nuked his in...
Buying 500+ Businesses and Turning $100k Into $10B - Fernando De Leon of Leon Capital Group
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a holding company thinks like an immigrant, moves like an entrepreneur, and plays the long game with permanent capital? In this epis...
How I Bought 20+ Small Farms and Built a $350M HoldCo in My 30s | Jack McCarthy Interview
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to grow your B2B business? Start with your inbox. Spacebar Studios builds newsletters that drive pipeline, build authority, and generate real rev...
This Is the Best $1M EBITDA Business (A Lesson From Talking to 2,000 Business Owners)
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rand Larson helps small business owners beat the loneliness of operating by building tight, ROI-driven peer groups. We dig into what actually works: w...
We closed 7 deals in 14 months (first $140m and a portfolio of 13 companies)
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to build a media asset your competitors can’t copy?Spacebar Studios turns B2B newsletters into profit centers — driving pipeline, authority, ...
Larry Gagosian Makes $1B+ a Year Brokering Off-Market Art (While Still Owning 100% Of The Business)
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your newsletter is the gallery. Gagosian sold because his collectors heard from him—constantly. Spacebar Studios builds the newsletter that keeps yo...
The Next Andrew Wilkinson? Building a 6-Company HoldCo (Bootstrapped with a 7-Figure Exit)
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to build a media asset your competitors can’t copy?Spacebar Studios turns B2B newsletters into profit centers — driving pipeline, authority, ...
How Michael Ovitz and Steve Schwarzman From BlackStone Find 10s
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to grow your B2B business? Start with your inbox. Spacebar Studios builds B2B newsletters that drive pipeline, build authority, and generate real...
How I Bought 4 Companies After Raising Millions from 35 Investors | Danny Vivier Interview
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to grow your B2B business? Start with your inbox.Spacebar Studios builds B2B newsletters that drive pipeline, build authority, and generate real ...
Follow This Private Equity Model and You'll Win (They Turned a $25K Loan Into a $15B AUM Fund)
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Running a business can feel like you're doing it all alone—but you don’t have to.Scalepath connects you with a private network of over 2,000 ...
How to Build a $200M HVAC HoldCo Without Outside Capital (2 Acquisitions and Organic Growth)
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Running a business can feel like you're doing it all alone—but you don’t have to.Scalepath connects you with a private network of over 2,000 ...
This Model Beats Private Equity Returns (30-50%+ IRR)
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Running a business can feel like you're doing it all alone—but you don’t have to.Scalepath connects you with a private network of over 2,000 ...
How to Do 10+ Deals per Year ($8M in Revenue and $2.5M in EBITDA) | Jack Bennett
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scalepath connects you with a trusted network of over 2,000 business owners across the U.S. and Europe.Book a free call with CEO Rand Larsen, and he’...
How I Left Investment Banking to Build a Search Fund (Luca Hany from Amboro Capital)
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scalepath has a network of over 2,000 business owners across the U.S. and Europe. Book a call with the CEO Rand Larsen, he will introduce you to up to...
How The Chainsmokers Built a $200M AUM Fund (Using 7 Proven Operating Principles)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spacebar Studios is offering your company a free 90-day growth roadmap - Sign up for a free call here: https://www.spacebarstudios.co/Scalepath has a ...
How I Bought 3 Paving Companies in 11 Months ($66M in Revenue and $7M in EBITDA) | Sam Mahmood
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spacebar Studios is offering your company a free 90-day growth roadmap - Sign up for a free call here: https://www.spacebarstudios.co/Scalepath has a ...
The Next Warren Buffett? Turning $2.7m Into $650m by Buying 30+ Businesses
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by Spacebar Studios (https://www.spacebarstudios.co/) – your outsourced growth engine for B2B brandsPeer Groups by ScalePath (https://www....
How I Bought 7 Small Businesses and Had One Exit That Returned a 35x MOIC | Dev Shah Interview
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dev Shah is the founder of Pocket Fund, a HoldCo that has acquired 7 businesses. At just 23, Dev has built a growing portfolio of newsletters, SaaS pr...
How I Left BlackRock to Build 3 Companies (Then Sold Two in 5 Years) | Jamal Muse Interview
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I sit down with Jamal Muse, a former math teacher and former Blackrock analytics professional who reinvented himself as a serial founder. He’s built...
40% CAGR for Over 15 Years: UK’s Most Profitable Roll-Up?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
True Potential has quietly compounded at 40% CAGR for over 15 years, becoming the UK's largest private equity-backed wealth management consolidat...
How I Left Real Estate PE, Bought 6 Companies and Sold To A Strategic Buyer In 23 Months
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Botkin went from being a real estate private equity COO to buying a small landscaping business doing $780K in revenue - with no prior experience ...
How To Raise $159M, Acquire 6 YouTube Channels and Sell To Blackstone For $3B in 3.5 Years
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The $3 Billion Rollup: Inside Moonbug’s Epic Exit (with Alex Prokofjev from Rollup Europe)What do Cocomelon, Blippi, and Little Baby Bum have in com...
How They Invest in 6-8 Boring, Owner-Operated Businesses Each Month | Judd Goodrich interview
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of HoldCo Builders, I sit down with Jude Goodrick, Head of Capital Markets at Mainshares—a fast-growing platform that's quietly...
How Plumbing and HVAC Investors Turned $500K Into $6 Billion Exit
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the most underappreciated rollup in Europe?In this episode, we dive deep into HomeServe — the unsexy plumbing and HVAC company that quietly ...
How To Partner with 20 Operators ($100m in Sales) | Neil Twa Interview
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Twa is a veteran e-commerce operator and investor who’s built and exited multiple 8-figure physical product brands. He raised $100M to launch a...
Rollup of the Decade? Two Private Equity Firms, One Boring Business, and a 10-Figure Payday
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Private equity firms made over 80x their money on Mister Car Wash. How?In this episode, Mikk is joined by Pavel Prokofjev from Rollup Europe to dissec...
How I Bought 30+ Businesses and Built a $195M HoldCo in My 30s | Chris Sparling Interview
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of HoldCo Builders, I’m joined by Chris Sparling, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Tiny. Chris has helped acquire and scale more than...
How I Built a $12M HoldCo Through Chaos, Grit, and Two Acquisitions | Mark Rossano Interview
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Mark Rossano, Co-Founder & CEO of C6 Capital Holdings, a firm focused on building real-world solutions in energy and agriculture...
How Elite Investors Stay Sharp For 30+ Years (Yet Many Overlook It)
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the real edge in investing isn’t another framework or deal structure—but how you learn?In this solo episode of HoldCo Builders, I break do...
How We Left PE, Bought a $5M Business and Scaled To $21M in 2 Years (M&A and Organic) | Johannes Hock Interview
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Johannes Hock, a former private equity associate left his high-paying job to build wealth through acquisition. In 2022, Johannes and his partner acqui...
What Holdco Investors Can Learn from Neil Mehta (Never Outsource DD!)
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Mehta built Greenoaks Capital into one of the most successful — and secretive — investment firms in the world. While most VCs chase hype, Nei...
How I'm Building a $50M EBITDA Holdco Of Boring Businesses | Nick Huber Interview
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Nick Huber — entrepreneur, investor, and creator behind a $30M+ holding company spanning real estate, service businesses, and medi...
How I Bought 4 Competitors and 200x'd My Company ($1M -> $210M in 5 Years) | Nick Keegan Interview
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Nick Keegan, co-founder and CEO of Mail Metrics, a company helping highly regulated industries—like banks, insurers, and pension p...
Why Networks are Your MOAT and Competitive Edge (And How to Build Them?) | Alix Pasquet's Triad Strategy
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, I share transformative insights on the power of networks, heavily inspired by the wisdom of Alix Pasquet, a Managing Partner ...
How We Bought 15 Companies Worth $270M in Just 24 Months | Yuen Yung Interview
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Yuen Yung, Founding Partner at HalBar Partners, a firm focused on operator-led acquisitions. In just two years, HalBar and NCA ETA h...
How We Bought 35 Businesses and Built a $700M HoldCo | Jesper Søgaard Interview
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jesper Søgaard, co-founder and CEO of Better Collective — a global leader in digital sports media and sports betting information,...
The Ultimate HoldCo Model: Turning Advisory into Long-Term Equity in Wonderful Businesses | Matthew Mathison Interview
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Matthew Mathison – Co-founder and Managing Partner at MBL Partners, a firm building and investing in enduring, cash-flowing businesses. With a ...
My First 5 Acquisitions and How I'm Building a $20m EBITDA SaaS HoldCo | Pascal Levy-Garboua Interview
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I sit down with Pascal Levy-Garboua, a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and the founder of Noosa Labs. After making 140 venture capit...
How a Youtuber Built an 8-Fig Holdco of 6 Businesses | Arie Scherson Interview
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Arie Scherson, co-founder of Bluedot Holdings, a fast-growing e-commerce and SaaS holding company with six portfolio businesses generating over $...
30+ Acquisitions And Counting – The Hidden Genius of Jeremy Giffon
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Giffon is one of the most interesting minds in business that almost no one knows about. As a former analyst at Tiny Capital, he played a key ro...
How This Young Man Bought a $10M Business with Just $40K – Secrets from a $400M Lender | Bruce Marks Interview
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Marks is a seasoned lender who has closed over $400M in deals, helping over 1,200 entrepreneurs acquire businesses using SBA loans. As Senior VP...
How 4 Swedish Serial Acquirers Scaled To a 49x P/E Ratio | Niklas Sävås Interview
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the world of serial acquisitions with Niklas Savas, an analyst at Redeye, who has a unique perspective on the Swedish se...
How I Bought 4 Companies and Built a One-Man HoldCo Doing $20M in Revenue | Dustin Carreon Interview
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s story is a huge reminder to not cancel out the troubled kid or the teen who doesn't have it all together.Just a down-to-earth success s...
How I Built a 14-Unit Zaxby's Franchise Doing $50M in Revenue | Ben Little Interview
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Little runs the #1 Zaxby’s franchise in the U.S. His company owns 14 locations, employs over 800 people, and generates more than $50M in annual ...
How We Bought 6 Businesses and Built a $80M Long Term HoldCo | Ryan Sullivan Interview
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Sullivan is a risk-conscious entrepreneur who stepped into business ownership in his late 40s, proving that it’s never too late to take the lea...
How We Bought 10 Businesses and Turned $20K Into a $200M HoldCo | Roman Khan Interview
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roman Khan is the co-founder of Peak21, a direct-to-consumer holding company that has scaled to an impressive $200 million in revenue—all while main...
How I Built and Sold a $16M Company to Invest In Search Funds | Christopher Hillier Interview
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Hillier is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the employee benefits industry.He began his journey as the Co-Found...
How I Bought 2 Businesses With Little Of My Own Money And No Investors | Santino DeFranco Interview
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Santino DeFranco is a former UFC fighter turned entrepreneur who has successfully transitioned from the octagon to the world of business ownership. Sa...