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The Origins and Future of a 9-Figure SMB Holdco

Acquiring Minds

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Gant Elmore and Matt Moldenhauer each bought $2m businesses they built over years. Today their holdco does over $200m. 

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Topics in Matt & Gant’s interview:

  • 3 generations of acquisition entrepreneurs
  • Matt started as operator, became partner
  • Bain mentors warned Matt not to do ETA
  • Goal of owning 50 companies by 2050
  • Being the Ferrari in a price-competitive industry
  • Why they prefer holding to exiting
  • Challenge of giving control to an operator
  • Gant and his dad teach ETA together
  • War stories from small business operations
  • Demand exceeds supply of great businesses

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron

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