Tom Barber on the Design of Winning Private Equity Firms Today’s conversation is with Tom Barber, Co-Founder and Managing Director at SBJ Capital (https://www.sbjcap.com), a California-based private equity firm investing…
Marshall Lockton: from family business to family office to acquisition #1 Today’s guest is Marshall Lockton. Marshall spent 15 years in sales, sales strategy and sales training roles within his family’s…
Advisors Rafa Quinn – Building A Diversified Lower Middle Market Holding Company  Today’s guest is Rafael “Rafa” Quinn, co-founder and President of Alternative Holdings, a diversified holding company with subsidiaries in…
Advisors Private Credit Arrives in the Lower Middle Market: A Conversation with Bridgepoint’s Matt Plooster Today’s guest is Matt Plooster, founder and CEO of Bridgepoint, a boutique investment bank based in Omaha, Nebraska. We start…
Business Owners Bob Falahee’s Founder’s Journey: 15 years building SunPro Motorized Awnings & Screens from day 1 to a strategic exit  In this episode, we interview Bob Falahee, the recently exited founder of SunPro Motorized Awnings & Screens. Bob’s entrepreneurial…
Buyers 28 Years and Counting at the Top of the LMM: A Conversation with Mangrove Equity’s Glenn Oken In this episode, Glenn Oken, Managing Director at Mangrove Equity Partners, sits down with host Peter Lehrman to discuss the…
The 4 Types of Business Brokers and How to Win Them Over: a Master Class with Clint Fiore Today’s guest is Clint Fiore, a small business operator turned M&A broker and the President of Bison Business, a Texas-based…
Due Diligence and the Art of Preventing the Broken LOI Today Peter Lehrman speaks with Emily Holdman, the Managing Director at Permanent Equity, about the intricacies of due diligence. The…
Buyers Family-Owned and Acquisitive: 7 Acquisitions in 7 years In today’s episode, Peter Lehrman sits down with Chris Gallagher, CEO of Gallagher Fluid Seals, a family-owned distributor and manufacturer…