
The Origin Story of a Compounder ($80m and Counting)
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Greg Shapiro & Zach Cooper-Vastola are building a long-term, compounding business they see as the anti-PE of the trades.
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Topics in Greg and Zach’s interview:
- Founders combined technical and financial expertise
- Shifted from SaaS to long-term ownership
- Acquired century-old Manhattan HVAC company
- High cost and complexities of New York market
- Avoided SBA limits to scale acquisitions
- What “Anti-PE” means to them
- Digitization takes longer than you think
- Living lean on low salaries
- Predicting HVAC roll-up market shakeout ahead
- Influence and investment from Will Thorndike
References and how to contact Greg and Zach:
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- Greg Shapiro LinkedIn
- Zach Cooper-Vastola LinkedIn
- Will Thorndike
- Steve Carroll on Acquiring Minds: ETA Unicorn: $1 Billion in Revenue in 5 Years
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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