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Acquiring Minds

5 Businesses Acquired with a Long-Term Hold Model

97 min • 19 augusti 2024

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Ryan Sullivan's group is buying businesses with investor capital, SBA loans & operating partners — but it's not a fund.

Topics in Ryan’s interview:

  • “Moneyball approach” to buying businesses
  • Making a career change at 48
  • Why it’s hard to find a good business
  • Buying and holding manufacturing businesses
  • Operating a holdco with 5 partners
  • Generating returns from cash flows, not exits
  • How soon to make changes (and exceptions)
  • What he loves about having partners
  • Funding deals one at a time
  • Moving a business and retaining 100% of staff

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