Buyers and Builders
Episodes
How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $30M HoldCo in 6 Years | Joe Van Deman and Colin King Interview
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Joe Van Deman and Colin KingFounders of Circle City Capital Group. Starting with a small amount of savings and an SBA loan, over the past six yea...
How I Raised Money (from 44 Investors) and Bought a 40-Year-Old 8-Fig Manufacturing Business | Jason Andrew Interview
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Andrew is the co-founder of a holding company Arbor Permanent Owners - team of operators and investors committed to growing businesses for the l...
How We Bought 25+ Businesses and Built a $600M HoldCo at 34 and 33 | Iryna and Sameer Interview
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Iryna Dubylovska and Sameer Rizvi.Founders of RD Capital Partners (RDCP). Over the past eight years, they’ve made 31 investments that have b...
How I Bought 35+ Businesses and Built a $240M HoldCo At 38 | Andrew Wilkinson Interview
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
12 ideas and observations from the 56-minute conversation with Andrew Wilkinson, the the founder of Tiny, on building a 30+ business holding company: ...
How I Started, Bought and Sold 6 Service Businesses (In $500k to $3M EBITDA Range) | Robert Lombardi Interview
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Selling the very first flooring business for $30k turned into a career of starting, buying and selling B2B, B2C service businesses.A total of 6 differ...
How I Built a 7-Figure Swim School HoldCo With 30-35% Margins | Josh Scott Interview
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forget HVAC and trade businesses…Private equity comes after your kids swim schools…Meet Josh Scott (with wife Annie): 5 locations 7 figures in rev...
How I'm Building a $15M EBITDA B2B Micro-SaaS Holdco | Kjael Skaalerud Interview
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Selling B2B SaaS is great, but owning assets is better - that's why I went and built Skaling Ventures on my own.”A portfolio of profitable n...
This Grocery Store HoldCo Opened 32 New Stores in 90 Days | Research Episode on Tomasz Biernacki of Dino Polska
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This gentleman and his grocery store holdco opened 32 new stores in 90 days.Tomasz Biernacki - a true capital allocator has cracked the code on how to...
How I Left Goldman Sachs and Turned $25k Into an $11M Live Lobster Business | Alex Schultz Interview
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Not too many folks are willing to quit their job at Goldman Sachs to start a holding company.It gets even better…He even decided to move from the US...
How To Buy 5 Businesses and Build a $60m Holdco (No Investors) | Dan Tamkin Interview
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dan Tamkin, co-founder of Resurgent Capital Partners:- Portfolio of 4 companies in different industries- $60M in revenue- $8M EBITDA- No LPs- Hap...
Letter to a Friend Who May Start a New Investment Firm | Graham Duncan research
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graham Duncan from East Rock Capital is so generous that wrote a letter to his friend who was considering starting an investment company.Why listen to...
How I Built and Sold a $31m Financial Media HoldCo | James Camp Interview
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James started and built a financial media holdco to the point where it was acquired for $31 million.He did it in 5 short years…We discuss:- Founding...
How I Bought 8 Companies and Built a $200M HoldCo (100% Bootstrapped) | Jesse Tinsley Interview
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Organic growth is great, but if you want to grow through M&A while beating almost every private equity firm in deal competition. Learn from Jesse....
How I Bought Two Traditional Businesses with $4m EBITDA at 24 | Ethan Macdonald Interview
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine that for a moment…You are 24 years old and want to acquire a business…You pick up the phone and make your first cold call to the founder w...
How I Built a Portfolio of 6 SaaS Businesses With 170+ Employees | Philippe Willi Interview
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"There is an ultimate way to build a group of software companies without having to follow the typical VC growth playbook."Philippe Willi is ...
How I Bought 12 Small Business in 18 Months (Revenue $13M) | Jeremy Harbour Interview
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy has bought and sold over 100 businesses, but never uses a broker. Treat a company like a product. You buy one and then you sell it Again, never...
How We Bought 26 Companies and Make $116M in Profit PER YEAR; Interview with CEO and CFO of Röko
07 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Swedish serial acquirers have cracked the code on how to compound their wealth (at a staggering rate!)Their holding companies trade at 12-29 times EBI...
Hard Pivot? Reflections After Buying 3 B2B SaaS Businesses | Colin Keeley Interview
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dream for 1,000s of software investors: Build a portfolio of profitable B2B SaaS companiesThe northstar being Constellation Software (which trades at ...
How I Bought 10 Companies in 18 Months Using $0 of My Own Money ($7.5M EBITDA and 50% Carry) | Nigell Lee Interview
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this... First acquisition March 2023 Today a portfolio of 10 companies $7.5M in EBITDA Average acquisition multiple so far 2.5x (!!!) Last de...
How I Built a 5-Company HoldCo with a Next Goal to Generate $100M in Revenue | Nikolas Hulewsky Interview
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine this…You help grow the home care and hospice company from $20 million to $150 million and then they fire you.Then you think whether you shou...
How I Invested in 40+ Companies and Built a $1.9B AUM Investment Firm | John Caple Interview
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Even when every 3rd and 4th person in finance dreams of starting their own private equity fund…Only 0.01% give it a chance and far fewer succeed…H...
From $6.5M to $84M: The Journey of Building A 9-Fig Holding Company | Chris Rolls Research
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My research of Chris Rolls, the founder of PieLAB Capital, who went through the journey of building and selling his business, then starting a private ...
How I Bought 10 Companies and Built a $200M Portfolio in My 30s | Eugen B. Russ Interview
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Eugen Benedikt Russ.A gentleman in his 30s who runs a $200 million a year holding company.Since starting in 2018, they have achie...
Growth Equity And $500M To $700M Worth Of Deals Per Year | Kashyap Chanchani Interview
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Kashyap Chanchani, managing partner of The Rainmaker Group, an Indian firm that works with traditional family businesses and VC-b...
Holding Company For Internet Businesses, 150 People And Personal Branding | Daniel Priestley Interview
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Daniel Priestley about how to become a "key person of influence" in the world of private equity, investing or small bus...
How I Built a Businesses Portfolio Which Does $1B in Revenue | Eran Efrat Interview
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Don’t stop trying…”Eran used to work as an airport security to pay the bills.Today, VerDiesel Group does $1 billion in revenue…Turns out th...
How I Bought 24 Companies And Here's Everything I Learned Looking At 1000s | Xavier Helgesen Interview
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you are ever considering buying or investing in a profitable small business…Or you want to build a holding company where each company is run by a...
He Raised $450 Million At 31 With No Prior Experience & Grew It To A Market Cap Of $33 Billion | Research on Urs Wietlisbach
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being in your early 30s, starting a private equity fund and raising $450 million as your first fund.All this with no prior track record and wi...
How I Bought 4 Small Businesses And Grew Them An Average By 65% In The First Year | Chase Murdock Interview
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine raising millions for your startup…A team of 50 and significant revenue…Then getting FIRED from the same company you started…Then startin...
Annualized Returns of 35%, $115m AUM and 7 Investment Traits To Such Success By Mark Sellers
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's a gentleman who manages a $115 million AUM fund with annualized returns of 35% (before fees) since inception.And he wrote a 3,150-word le...
How I Bought 3 Companies And Built $20M Industrial Portfolio in 3.5 Years | Jules Brenner Interview
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever considered acquiring a profitable, sub $1-5M EBITDA niche business?So you could spend summers on Lake Como, winters in Aspen, and Saturdays in La...
How I Make $14M Net Profit Per Year With a Team Of 16 People | Matt Paulson Interview
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What would be your potential reward for mastering the fundamentals?Whether it's small business acquisitions, private equity investing, or the fin...
How He Built $500M Revenue and $100M EBITDA HoldCo in 5 Years (Röko CEO Fredrik Karlsson RESEARCH)
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being so unhappy with your boss that you leave…- Start the exact same business- Following the exact same strategyToday, ONLY 5 yrs later do ...
How I Acquired 8 Companies By Age Of 32 While Traveling To 20 Countries | Lee Betts Interview
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the dream story of many entrepreneurs:Owning a business that generates so much free cash flow that you can invest in/acquire 8 businesses.I’...
My Top 16 Lessons On Actively Looking For Exeptional $2-10 Million Revenue Companies (Pre-Acquisition)
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One great acquisition can change the life of you and your children.Forever.As the smartest private market deal makers have said:"The goal is to a...
How To Grow ANY Traditional $2-$10M Niche Business 50-200% Annually?
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The day has come! SME people, whatever you are doing, stop it.Here is a masterclass:How to grow ANY traditional and “boring” business 50-200% annu...
How This Private Equity Fund Achieved An IRR of 72% After Doing 586 Deals
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spent 7 hours researching a true master of small cap private equity:- 586 transactions- Acquire $1 million to $10 million EBITDA companies- Average de...
How I Bought 12 Service Companies (Without Investors) | Nick Haschka Interview
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Very first acquisition in November 2016As of March 2024, they manage a portfolio of 12 companies.All done with their own capital.(Except the one they ...
How I Bought Real Estate Which Makes Me $1.7 Million Per Year | Ben Wolff Interview
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if you can't code and you're not good at tech?You go and start a business that makes $1.7 million per year.This is what Ben Wolff did w...
How I Bought 8 Traditional Businesses and Built a $127M Portfolio | Rafael Quinn Interview
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered who are the young folks who build these great business portfolios?2020 $17.0m2021 $44.1m2022 $64.9m2023 $126.8mAll that within a reasona...
How I Left Goldman Sachs To Start a $1B+ Company | Michael Cassau Interview
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine being in your 30s and having a track record of raising more than a billion in debt and equity.And starting a company which is worth over $1 bi...
How I Buy Machinery, Make Millions in Net Profit and Work 3-4 Hours a Week | Ujwal Velagapudi Interview
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ujwal and his VERY unsexy story on building a holding company which is on track to hit 8-figures in EBITDA.All while being just 32 yrs old, traveling ...
How I Acquired 4 Companies and Built $30M Portfolio in 4 Years | Mathias Calonius Interview
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mathias Calonius is a serial acquirer and co-founder of the Finnish holding company JATKAJA, which has 5 companies in its portfolio and a turnover of ...
How I Built My Own Investment Fund Advisory Firm After Leaving a Global Law Firm | Michael Huseby Interview
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Bjorn Huseby is an investment fund formation attorney at a global law firm.He represents both fund sponsors (GPs) and investors (LPs).In 66-mi...
How I Built Two Banks to $1 Billion in Total Assets | Andy Schornack Interview
05 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Andy Schornack is a CEO of Flagship Bank and a President of Security Bank and Trust Company.Flagship Bank - $324 million in total assetsSecurity Bank ...
How I Built Companies That Make More Than $100M | Val Katayev interview
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Val Katayev is a serial entrepreneur with $100M+ in profits & exits.Today Val runs a diversified holding company.Founded and led four successful c...
How I Acquired a Large Company Right After Stanford MBA | Justin Mazeka Vogt Interview
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin Mazeka Vogt is the co-founder and CEO of Evermore Industries, a permanent capital holding company he founded with Ed Redden in 2020Prior to co-...
How I Invest My Millions I Earned From High-Stakes Poker | Alec Torelli Interview
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Torelli is one of the most respected poker players in the industry.With over $2,200,000 in tournament winnings and millions more in both live and...
How I Mastered LBOs (Leveraged Buyouts) and Built 8-Fig Holding Company | Sacha Jak Interview
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sacha Jak is the founder of a holding company with 8-figure revenue and 300 employees.He is an expert when it comes leverages buyouts. Sacha's mo...
How I Built a Business Portfolio of $150M AUM | Sunny Desai Interview
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny Desai is the founder and CEO of Desai Companies, a diversified integrated holding company with a diversified portfolio and over $150,000,000 AUM...
How I Built a Portfolio of 4 Wine Distribution Companies | Ranjit Chahal Interview
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ranjit Chahal is the founder of BEVIQUA, a wine and spirits distribution company with four B2C e-commerce sites across the alcohol and FMCG (fast movi...
Mr. X - 22 lessons from an anonymous investor whose last investment was $30M in a company with $170M in revenue
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. X is a solo PE investor who co-invests with four large ($3-6 billion AUM) family offices, as well as other wealthy individuals.His most recent dea...
How I Bought 18 Companies and Built A Holding Company That Does $140M in Revenue | Michael Byars Interview
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Byars is the founder of a holding company with the portfolio of 18 companies with total revenue of over $140,000,000On this episode, PrivatEqu...
How to Buy Internet Companies and Take it to IPO in 9 Years | Dom Wells Interview
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dom Wells is the founder and CEO of Onfolio.co - a public holding company of internet businesses.In this episode of HoldCo Builders, Dom shares the jo...
How I Built a $10M HoldCo of 6 Internet Businesses (100% Bootstrapped) | Greg Isenberg Interview
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Isenberg is the co-founder of Late Checkout - holding company of six internet businesses with combined revenue of over $10,000,000He's spent...
How to Get Insanely Lucky When Raising Capital | Daniel Pi Interview
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Pi is the founder of Coterie Capital.Coterie Capital is a principal investments and corporate advisory firm based in Sydney.On this episode, Pr...
How To Buy ATM Machines and Build a $10M EBITDA Business | Mitchell Sorkin Interview
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Sorkin is the co-founder of ATM holdco.Short two years ago he left a VC backed "sexy startup" to build a basic, boring business.In ...
How I Built a Luxury Property Holding Company That Pays $31,000 a Night | Michael Chen Interview
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Chen is Co-CEO, and the Founder of HakuLife and the developer of award-winning properties, Hakuchōzan and HakuVillas.Has over 20 years of pro...
How I Acquire HVAC Companies to Build a $45 Million Portfolio | Amir Haboosheh Interview
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amir Haboosheh cofounded Snowball Industries in 2020.In 2023, they generate more than $45 million in revenue.Prior to Snowball he was director of M&am...
How I Semi-Retired at 28 as a Family Office Investor | Akshay Ramachandran Interview
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Akshay Ramachandran is a semi-retired investor in his 20s. Akshay's most recent job was being sole analyst reporting directly to the portfolio ma...