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Interviews with acquisition entrepreneurs and investors to distill the best practices for acquiring and operating established businesses.
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S2E4 Employee Ownership as a Search Fund Advantage, Turner Wyatt of Small Capital
Turner Wyatt is the founder and CEO of Small Capital, an investment firm backing self-funded searchers who want to bake employee ownership into their acquisitions from day one. A lifelong social…
S2E3 What a Legendary Wall Street Insider Looks for in Search Fund Entrepreneurs, William D. Cohan
On this episode of Search Funded, we sit down with William D. Cohan, bestselling author, longtime financial journalist, and former Wall Street M&A banker, for a wide-ranging conversation that…
S2E2 Buying Spotify artist music rights with Tom Sarig, Antifragile Music
On this episode of Search Funded, we sit down with Tom Sarig, founder and CEO of Antifragile Equity Partners. A Grammy-winning music executive and former SVP at multiple major labels, Tom has worked…
S2E1 Is Now The Time for EtA in Emerging Markets?
New SBA rules are making self-funded search tougher—especially for non-U.S. citizens. In this episode, we explore why it might be time to look abroad and my personal reflections after spending the…
S1E21 Episode 21 - Abhi Golhar, Meridian 84
Abhi Golhar is an entrepreneur, private equity investor, and nationally recognized speaker specializing in business leadership, innovation strategy, and private markets investing. With a track record…
S1E18 Episode 18 - LaSean Smith, CAGR Investments
Lasean Smith is founder of CAGR Investments, a micro-PE firm that is part family office and part product studio.. Lasean holds a bachelor's in media and computer science from Southern Illinois…
S1E20 Episode 20 - Kevin Bibelhausen, Fruition Capital (and Heritage Fabrics)
Kevin Bibelhausen is an investor and business owner based in High Point, North Carolina. He frequently consults on digital strategy & operations, is a sought after conference speaker, frequent…
S1E17 Episode 17 - Gabriel Chick, Service-Tech Corporation
Gabriel Chick is the President and CEO of Cleveland, Ohio-based HVAC and industrial cleaning services company Service Tech Corporation (STC). Prior to STC, Gabriel served over 4 years as a Field…
S1E16 Episode 16 - Tom Gilroy, GKG Risk
In this episode, Tom Gilroy, representing the fourth generation at GKG Risk, shares invaluable insights into the critical role of insurance due diligence in the process of acquiring a business and…
S1E15 Episode 15 - Saumil Jariwala, Feta Fund
Saumil Jariwala, of Feta Fund, (Founder-focused Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition) joins us on this episode to talk about his mission to help one thousand entrepreneurs acquire businesses in his…
S1E14 Episode 14 - Javier Puig, Arada Capital Partners
Arada Capital Partners is a multidisciplinary team that invests in search funds across Europe.Javier Puig, Partner at Arada Capital Partners, joined me to discuss Arada's value add and his journey…
S1E13 Episode 13 - Bakari Akil, Graves Hall Capital
In this episode, host Nick Lall interviews Bakari Akil, Managing Director of Graves Hall Capital. They discuss Bakari's unique path to becoming a successful acquisition entrepreneur, including his…
S1E12 Episode 12 - Jose Moreno, AIJ Holdings
AIJ Global (also known as AIJ Holdings, and formerly known as AI Global) is an international investment group with interests in multiple asset classes, including search funds, private equity, and…
S1E11 Episode 11 - Rafael Dufour, Relais du Dirigeant
Rafael is a solo traditional searcher looking to acquire an SME in France. He has 11 years of purchasing, sales, business development, strategy, and general management experience in Manufacturing…
S1E10 Episode 10 - Round 2 with Ibrahim and Khaled of Moonbase Capital
Moonbase just raised $5M and Ibrahim and Khaled returned to discuss what they're seeing in the search fund ecosystem.Send a textFind us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and YouTube.
S1E9 Episode 9 - Andrew Locke, co-founder of Ambit Partners
Ambit Partners is a dedicated Search Fund investor, enabling entrepreneurship through acquisition in traditional and developing markets. They combine a global investment mandate with deep SME…
S1E8 Episode 8 - Pete Seligman, Australian search investor
Pete is a former acquisition entrepreneur himself who now backs aspiring private business owners by co-investing in their businesses and coaching them to make real progress by: distilling the…
S1E7 Episode 7 - Dr. Newton Campos, Managing Partner of Newton Equity Partners
Dr. Campos is the Country Director of IE University in Brazil, Professor of Entrepreneurship at FGV EAESP, Visiting Professor at IE Business School (Spain) and ITA (Brazil) and Founder and Managing…
S1E6 Episode 6 - Mitsuya Shimura, Founder and Managing Partner of M Capital
M Capital is the second traditional search fund ever in Japan, where Mitsuya is currently searching for a business to acquire. Prior to launching his search fund, Mitsuya had an MBA from IE Business…
S1E5 Episode 5 - Bruce Vann, CEO LuXout Products Incorporated
Bruce Vann is a self-funded searcher who has acquired 3 businesses since launching his search fund journey in 2019. LuXout Products Inc. is a stage curtain company and he has vertically integrated it…
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