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Buyers and Builders — 173 episodes
Buy-and-Build with Ambitious Entrepreneurs = Attractive Returns | Frederik Brandis Interview
Traditional Search Is a Win-Win: $67M Exit in Four Years | Greg Geronemus Interview
How to Build a Roll-Up to 8-Figure Revenue | Nathan Lindley Interview
13 Acquisitions and Why Permanent Capital Beats Private Equity | Chris Rolls of PieLab Capital
A $6.5M Estimate in 23 Minutes: How AI Is Rewiring SMBs | David Flickinger Interview
90+ Acquisitions, 30% Revenue CAGR, 35% Book Value Growth | Brett Kelly Interview
How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $120M HoldCo | Andrea Allegrini of Lindbergh
How We Bought 160 Businesses and Built a $1.5B HoldCo at 33 and 35 | Ramsey Sahyoun of Evergreen
35+ Acquisitions, $1.3B Exit and Backing 80+ Searchers | Mark Sinatra of ETA Equity
What 137 Acquisitions Taught Me About Operational Excellence | Robert Irving Interview
Buying Three Founder-Led SMEs: Lessons from the Trenches | Simon Plummer Interview
The Buffett-Munger Introduction That Changed Everything
From Management Buyout to Fund of Funds | P. V. Ramanathan (Ram) Interview
9 Add-Ons in 24 Months | Dan Lifshits of Dwelly Interview
How We Built IDUN Industrier: 20 Acquisitions and 60x+ P/E Ratio
What 100+ Investments Taught Me About Great Acquirers | Lacey Wismer Interview
A Serial Acquirer Masterclass and The Story Of 47 Acquisitions Per Year
38 Acquisitions Generating $2 Billion in Revenue | Eric Wiklendt Interview
How I Left PE and Bought 16 Companies | Kaido Veske Interview
10 Acquisitions in 24 Months, No Fund | Travis Jamison Interview
Why This Operator Won’t Raise a Fund (17 Companies, 9 Exits) | Vic Keller
Off-Market Deal Flow for $2M-$200M Founder-Led Companies
5 Acquisitions in 24 Months: How I Got 60-70% Seller Financing | Millen Rastogi Interview
How I Left PE to Buy Three Businesses in 90 Days | Reza Jafer Interview
The Story of Bowles, Hollowell, Conner & Co
30 Add-Ons in 48 Months | Luis Reyes of IBV
Search Fund Success Story: From $15M to $200M Through 7 Acquisitions
A $25 million LOI with a Ferrari 488
The Real Playbook Behind an Operator-Led Roll-Up (10 Acquisitions in 18 Months)
Why aren’t more $2-10M EBITDA companies hiring a CIO?
From Near Collapse to $100M+ Exit: A Story of 8 Smart Acquisitions
The Playbook Behind 605+ Acquisitions | Justin Ishbia research
How I Bought 5 Businesses After Failing My First Acquisition
How Smart Buyers Create Alpha Without Cheap Debt
The Playbook for 50-200% Annual Company Growth
I didn't join PE to be an operator
There Is No Path — How Elite Investors Actually Build Their Lives, Careers, and Companies
How I Quit My 6-Figure Job and Bought 9 Companies
How These Firms Turn $5M-15M Companies Into 100x Returns
From VC to Main Street: How AI Is Rewiring Service Businesses
How to Find 10x MOIC, 30%+ IRR Deals (Step-by-Step)
20 Acquisitions, 500 Investors, Zero Fund (The Private Equity Strategy No One Is Talking About)
How I Retired at 30 as a Family Office Investor (Here Are the Investments I've Made)
Buy 5 Companies as Fast as You Can (1-on-1 Advice From Fredrik Karlsson That Changed Everything)
Ian Rickwood on AI, Private Equity, Car Wash & Real Estate Investing | Henley Group
How to Win Deals Over Private Equity (Even if They Pay 10-20% More)
The Private Equity Bubble? | Inside a Private Equity Firm Built for What Comes Next
The One System That Scaled from $3.5M to a 15-Company Portfolio (Sid Jashnani)
7 Acquisitions Done — Buying Businesses on “Easy Mode” in 2025 (here’s why)
How to Build a 7-Figure Company from Scratch (with Mac Lackey)
How Builders Build Wealth That Lasts (and Mistakes to Avoid)
4 Portfolio Companies and The Gritty Playbook of Value Investing | Reggie Pryor Jr.
How They Turned $8 Million into $450 Million (by Following THIS #1 SIMPLE Habit)
How to Build Proprietary Deal Flow? (15 Off-Market Acquisitions)
Lessons from 100+ Acquisitions You Can Implement TODAY | Joe Liemandt
How We Bought 27+ Businesses and Built a $1 Billion HoldCo at 39 | Steve Carroll Interview
How I Completed 12+ Acquisitions and Still Built a New Roll-Up
How to Raise $450 Million at 31 with No Track Record (and Do 90+ Deals) | Urs Wietlisbach Research
9 Figure Exit How I Built and Sold to Private Equity (Alexis Sikorsky Interview)
He Bought 4 Small Businesses with ZERO Finance Experience (Nikolai Dimitrov Interview)
I Raised $11.7M To Back 13 Self-Funded Searchers | Grant Hensel Interview
60+ Search Fund Investments: What Industries Excite Him The Most TODAY
How I Left PE, Bought 2 SaaS Businesses (Raising a Fund Next?) | Donza Worden Interview
This 70/30 Model Leads to Highest Returns
How I Bought 7 Businesses and Built a $34M Holding Company | Doug Lepisto Interview
How to Build a $30M HVAC HoldCo (4 Acquisitions and Next Goal $150M)
Buying 500+ Businesses and Turning $100k Into $10B - Fernando De Leon of Leon Capital Group
How I Bought 20+ Small Farms and Built a $350M HoldCo in My 30s | Jack McCarthy Interview
This Is the Best $1M EBITDA Business (A Lesson From Talking to 2,000 Business Owners)
We closed 7 deals in 14 months (first $140m and a portfolio of 13 companies)
Larry Gagosian Makes $1B+ a Year Brokering Off-Market Art (While Still Owning 100% Of The Business)
The Next Andrew Wilkinson? Building a 6-Company HoldCo (Bootstrapped with a 7-Figure Exit)
How Michael Ovitz and Steve Schwarzman From BlackStone Find 10s
How I Bought 4 Companies After Raising Millions from 35 Investors | Danny Vivier Interview
Follow This Private Equity Model and You'll Win (They Turned a $25K Loan Into a $15B AUM Fund)
How to Build a $200M HVAC HoldCo Without Outside Capital (2 Acquisitions and Organic Growth)
This Model Beats Private Equity Returns (30-50%+ IRR)
How to Do 10+ Deals per Year ($8M in Revenue and $2.5M in EBITDA) | Jack Bennett
How I Left Investment Banking to Build a Search Fund (Luca Hany from Amboro Capital)
How The Chainsmokers Built a $200M AUM Fund (Using 7 Proven Operating Principles)
How I Bought 3 Paving Companies in 11 Months ($66M in Revenue and $7M in EBITDA) | Sam Mahmood
The Next Warren Buffett? Turning $2.7m Into $650m by Buying 30+ Businesses
How I Bought 7 Small Businesses and Had One Exit That Returned a 35x MOIC | Dev Shah Interview
How I Left BlackRock to Build 3 Companies (Then Sold Two in 5 Years) | Jamal Muse Interview
40% CAGR for Over 15 Years: UK’s Most Profitable Roll-Up?
How I Left Real Estate PE, Bought 6 Companies and Sold To A Strategic Buyer In 23 Months
How To Raise $159M, Acquire 6 YouTube Channels and Sell To Blackstone For $3B in 3.5 Years
How They Invest in 6-8 Boring, Owner-Operated Businesses Each Month | Judd Goodrich interview
How Plumbing and HVAC Investors Turned $500K Into $6 Billion Exit
How To Partner with 20 Operators ($100m in Sales) | Neil Twa Interview
Rollup of the Decade? Two Private Equity Firms, One Boring Business, and a 10-Figure Payday
How I Bought 30+ Businesses and Built a $195M HoldCo in My 30s | Chris Sparling Interview
How I Built a $12M HoldCo Through Chaos, Grit, and Two Acquisitions | Mark Rossano Interview
How Elite Investors Stay Sharp For 30+ Years (Yet Many Overlook It)
How We Left PE, Bought a $5M Business and Scaled To $21M in 2 Years (M&A and Organic) | Johannes Hock Interview
What Holdco Investors Can Learn from Neil Mehta (Never Outsource DD!)
How I'm Building a $50M EBITDA Holdco Of Boring Businesses | Nick Huber Interview
How I Bought 4 Competitors and 200x'd My Company ($1M -> $210M in 5 Years) | Nick Keegan Interview
Why Networks are Your MOAT and Competitive Edge (And How to Build Them?) | Alix Pasquet's Triad Strategy
How We Bought 15 Companies Worth $270M in Just 24 Months | Yuen Yung Interview
How We Bought 35 Businesses and Built a $700M HoldCo | Jesper Søgaard Interview
The Ultimate HoldCo Model: Turning Advisory into Long-Term Equity in Wonderful Businesses | Matthew Mathison Interview
My First 5 Acquisitions and How I'm Building a $20m EBITDA SaaS HoldCo | Pascal Levy-Garboua Interview
How a Youtuber Built an 8-Fig Holdco of 6 Businesses | Arie Scherson Interview
30+ Acquisitions And Counting – The Hidden Genius of Jeremy Giffon
How This Young Man Bought a $10M Business with Just $40K – Secrets from a $400M Lender | Bruce Marks Interview
How 4 Swedish Serial Acquirers Scaled To a 49x P/E Ratio | Niklas Sävås Interview
How I Bought 4 Companies and Built a One-Man HoldCo Doing $20M in Revenue | Dustin Carreon Interview
How I Built a 14-Unit Zaxby's Franchise Doing $50M in Revenue | Ben Little Interview
How We Bought 6 Businesses and Built a $80M Long Term HoldCo | Ryan Sullivan Interview
How We Bought 10 Businesses and Turned $20K Into a $200M HoldCo | Roman Khan Interview
How I Built and Sold a $16M Company to Invest In Search Funds | Christopher Hillier Interview
How I Bought 2 Businesses With Little Of My Own Money And No Investors | Santino DeFranco Interview
How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $30M HoldCo in 6 Years | Joe Van Deman and Colin King Interview
How I Raised Money (from 44 Investors) and Bought a 40-Year-Old 8-Fig Manufacturing Business | Jason Andrew Interview
How We Bought 25+ Businesses and Built a $600M HoldCo at 34 and 33 | Iryna and Sameer Interview
How I Bought 35+ Businesses and Built a $240M HoldCo At 38 | Andrew Wilkinson Interview
How I Started, Bought and Sold 6 Service Businesses (In $500k to $3M EBITDA Range) | Robert Lombardi Interview
How I Built a 7-Figure Swim School HoldCo With 30-35% Margins | Josh Scott Interview
How I'm Building a $15M EBITDA B2B Micro-SaaS Holdco | Kjael Skaalerud Interview
This Grocery Store HoldCo Opened 32 New Stores in 90 Days | Research Episode on Tomasz Biernacki of Dino Polska
How I Left Goldman Sachs and Turned $25k Into an $11M Live Lobster Business | Alex Schultz Interview
How To Buy 5 Businesses and Build a $60m Holdco (No Investors) | Dan Tamkin Interview
Letter to a Friend Who May Start a New Investment Firm | Graham Duncan research
How I Built and Sold a $31m Financial Media HoldCo | James Camp Interview
How I Bought 8 Companies and Built a $200M HoldCo (100% Bootstrapped) | Jesse Tinsley Interview
How I Bought Two Traditional Businesses with $4m EBITDA at 24 | Ethan Macdonald Interview
How I Built a Portfolio of 6 SaaS Businesses With 170+ Employees | Philippe Willi Interview
How I Bought 12 Small Business in 18 Months (Revenue $13M) | Jeremy Harbour Interview
How We Bought 26 Companies and Make $116M in Profit PER YEAR; Interview with CEO and CFO of Röko
Hard Pivot? Reflections After Buying 3 B2B SaaS Businesses | Colin Keeley Interview
How I Bought 10 Companies in 18 Months Using $0 of My Own Money ($7.5M EBITDA and 50% Carry) | Nigell Lee Interview
How I Built a 5-Company HoldCo with a Next Goal to Generate $100M in Revenue | Nikolas Hulewsky Interview
How I Invested in 40+ Companies and Built a $1.9B AUM Investment Firm | John Caple Interview
From $6.5M to $84M: The Journey of Building A 9-Fig Holding Company | Chris Rolls Research
How I Bought 10 Companies and Built a $200M Portfolio in My 30s | Eugen B. Russ Interview
Growth Equity And $500M To $700M Worth Of Deals Per Year | Kashyap Chanchani Interview
Holding Company For Internet Businesses, 150 People And Personal Branding | Daniel Priestley Interview
How I Built a Businesses Portfolio Which Does $1B in Revenue | Eran Efrat Interview
How I Bought 24 Companies And Here's Everything I Learned Looking At 1000s | Xavier Helgesen Interview
He Raised $450 Million At 31 With No Prior Experience & Grew It To A Market Cap Of $33 Billion | Research on Urs Wietlisbach
How I Bought 4 Small Businesses And Grew Them An Average By 65% In The First Year | Chase Murdock Interview
Annualized Returns of 35%, $115m AUM and 7 Investment Traits To Such Success By Mark Sellers
How I Bought 3 Companies And Built $20M Industrial Portfolio in 3.5 Years | Jules Brenner Interview
How I Make $14M Net Profit Per Year With a Team Of 16 People | Matt Paulson Interview
How He Built $500M Revenue and $100M EBITDA HoldCo in 5 Years (Röko CEO Fredrik Karlsson RESEARCH)
How I Acquired 8 Companies By Age Of 32 While Traveling To 20 Countries | Lee Betts Interview
My Top 16 Lessons On Actively Looking For Exeptional $2-10 Million Revenue Companies (Pre-Acquisition)
How To Grow ANY Traditional $2-$10M Niche Business 50-200% Annually?
How This Private Equity Fund Achieved An IRR of 72% After Doing 586 Deals
How I Bought 12 Service Companies (Without Investors) | Nick Haschka Interview
How I Bought Real Estate Which Makes Me $1.7 Million Per Year | Ben Wolff Interview
How I Bought 8 Traditional Businesses and Built a $127M Portfolio | Rafael Quinn Interview
How I Left Goldman Sachs To Start a $1B+ Company | Michael Cassau Interview
How I Buy Machinery, Make Millions in Net Profit and Work 3-4 Hours a Week | Ujwal Velagapudi Interview
How I Acquired 4 Companies and Built $30M Portfolio in 4 Years | Mathias Calonius Interview
How I Built My Own Investment Fund Advisory Firm After Leaving a Global Law Firm | Michael Huseby Interview
How I Built Two Banks to $1 Billion in Total Assets | Andy Schornack Interview
How I Built Companies That Make More Than $100M | Val Katayev interview
How I Acquired a Large Company Right After Stanford MBA | Justin Mazeka Vogt Interview
How I Invest My Millions I Earned From High-Stakes Poker | Alec Torelli Interview
How I Mastered LBOs (Leveraged Buyouts) and Built 8-Fig Holding Company | Sacha Jak Interview
How I Built a Business Portfolio of $150M AUM | Sunny Desai Interview
How I Built a Portfolio of 4 Wine Distribution Companies | Ranjit Chahal Interview
Mr. X - 22 lessons from an anonymous investor whose last investment was $30M in a company with $170M in revenue
How I Bought 18 Companies and Built A Holding Company That Does $140M in Revenue | Michael Byars Interview
How to Buy Internet Companies and Take it to IPO in 9 Years | Dom Wells Interview
How I Built a $10M HoldCo of 6 Internet Businesses (100% Bootstrapped) | Greg Isenberg Interview
How to Get Insanely Lucky When Raising Capital | Daniel Pi Interview
How To Buy ATM Machines and Build a $10M EBITDA Business | Mitchell Sorkin Interview
How I Built a Luxury Property Holding Company That Pays $31,000 a Night | Michael Chen Interview
How I Acquire HVAC Companies to Build a $45 Million Portfolio | Amir Haboosheh Interview
How I Semi-Retired at 28 as a Family Office Investor | Akshay Ramachandran Interview