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.
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Dave Waters – Lessons from Investing in Small Public Companies – Ep. 74
Dave is the founder and CEO of Alluvial Capital, a value based hedge fund focused on the smallest public companies with market caps of $5-100 million, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Nick Fedele – Death, Taxes, and Stuff Goes Sideways – Ep. 73
My guest on this episode is Nick Fedele who recently acquired a 30 employee sheet metal construction business called Metal Alliance Inc near Philadelphia.
Tony Cappaert – “Every Company is Underpricing” – Ep. 72
Tony started his career at Microsoft before co-founding a CRM software business for real estate agents called Contactually.
Manny Saxena – Buying Into the World of Commercial Sweeping – Ep. 71
Manny partnered with Broadtree Partners to acquire two commercial sweeping companies called Contract Sweeping Services and Statewide Construction Sweeping in Northern California.
RE Miniseries Part 3: Chris Powers – Boring Businesses and Industrial Real Estate – Ep. 70
My third and final guest in this real estate miniseries is Chris Powers. Chris is the founder and GP of Fort Capital, a real estate private equity firm in Fort Worth, TX focused on industrial real estate.
RE Miniseries Part 2: Moses Kagan – How Business Owners Should Invest in Residential Real Estate – Ep. 69
Moses is the founder and GP of Adaptive Realty, a real estate private equity firm which acquires and remodels multi-unit residential real estate in the Los Angeles area.
RE Miniseries Part 1: Nick Huber – Operating a Moving Company and a Self-Storage Portfolio – Ep. 68
This first episode features Nick Huber, who owns self storage facilities through his company Bolt Storage across the East Coast in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
Eric Factor & Austin King – Operating in the Crane Business – Ep. 67
My guests on this episode are Eric Factor and Austin King who together raised a long-term holding company called Era Services with the mission to acquire, operate, and grow industrial service companies.
Sam Rosati – An Incubator, Conference, and a Business Sale – Ep. 66
In this episode, Sam shares that they’ve sold Alpha Dumpsters, started an SMB conference in Orlando scheduled for February 3-6, 2022, and have started a search incubator.
Elliot Epstein – Running a Model Aircraft Business – Ep. 65
My guest today, Elliot Epstein, founded Geminijets, a company that makes metal diecast commercial airplane models.
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Letters
Each year I write an annual letter to readers and listeners to reflect on the evolution of the podcast and my personal growth.
