Hello there. I'm Alex.
I love learning about owning and investing in small companies and building relationships with professionals in the space. My goal is to learn as much as possible, as quickly as possible, and this site is my way of documenting that learning through podcasting and writing.
Think Like An Owner
The Think Like an Owner podcast seeks out conversations with small company owners and investors to learn how to acquire and run small companies, with a focus on search funds, micro private equity, and permanent capital.
Beginning in August 2020, I started working on Think Like an Owner full time to continue building and growing the project. There is so much more to be done that I’m excited to work on!
Newsletter
The Think Like an Owner newsletter is a compilation of my thoughts on investing in and operating small companies, published every other week. In the newsletter, I also share interesting and relevant resources I recently came across.
Don’t Search, Podcast
It’s becoming harder to stand out as a searcher using traditional means of communication like email and phone calls.
You Earn the Right to Simplify
In a conversation with a friend recently, we talked about how professionals deep in their careers are able to take in a wide range of information and find the piece that matters most. They can simplify everything down to only
Issue #39: The Power of Paper
Earlier this week my wife and I took our corgi puppy, Cici, to the vet for her second round of vaccines and the vet did something that caught my attention. When we parked and someone came to check us in
