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[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

Plenty still being spun up! Speak with guys actively raising this “long duration capital.” Historically these guys would likely just be deal by deal LBO types. On paper, it sounds good and a solid diversification within PE sleeve, but have you been in these before? Actually how do I get a cash return on dollars put in. Would like to see the data on dollars returned.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

really good

[Jungle @jungle4eva]

SUNSHINE IS OUT NOW, EVERYWHERE ☀️

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[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

Michael Howell a great follow, recently interviewed by my pal, @AshBennington

https://t.co/h9Qr27xabP

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

If you have a defined budget and have it to give, then why not vet & partner with a dedicated buyside firm that is dialed into your focused sector? Emphasis added on partner, vet and find the right group. Work as best you can to collapse timetables. Speed is the name of the game. What an advantage to be focused in a specific sector and geography with some edge, now amplify that with a partner to help get you more at bats.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

Top MBA programs all offer courses around this career, search / ETA path. You can get funded to carry your two year runway. Oppy cost is time. If it doesn’t work out, hopefully you learned a lot. One way to look at it vs. “burn the boats” mentality. On the flip side, indy spons I see winning (multiple deals) are total Studs w/ industry focus, edge, capital intro relationships. Moving at a different speed. Deal origination / sourcing dialed in (aided by that focus and edge). Also, burn the boats mentality. Likely already operating at a high level, high agency / action lead them to swing for fences in building their own firm. If I’m solo searcher funded, doing best I can to have geography + industry focus and vetting out buyside orig firm to help act as my partner in target identify process.

[PrivateEquityGuy (Mikk Markus) @PrivatEquityGuy]

Come hell or high water.

Sometimes there are intense sacrifices some of us have to make to get to where we want to go.

ETA, traditional search, indy sponsor, committed capital vehicle…

There is nothing new or unique here. Are you good at judging risk-reward, finding deals, finding talent? Being consistent?

Based on the conversations these days, even with folks with killer resumes, it comes down to are you good at finding deals? And most importantly, getting lucky?

Are you obsessed with this game?

I talked to Greg and his story on a two-year search… the fact that they were coming from Harvard Business School, with zero experience, they went aggressively looking for deals by doing cold emails, cold calls, eventually finding one by attending to after hours event, ending up acquiring a tour business, paying 5x EBITDA and having a seller willing to finance $14.5 million of the $29 million purchase price at 4% interest…

He said on the call:

“Seeing success as the only option. Failure is not on the table. We’re going to be successful, regardless. You can worry, you can entertain… But I believe the entrepreneurs view success as the only viable option.”

The idea that you will be okay even when coming up empty-handed… that should be a red flag.

Doing all this should be a feeling that you don’t want to do anything else other than that. If you don’t pursue that, you’re going to have that feeling, that chronic lingering feeling… So in order not to go crazy or be sad at the thought of not going after it… the only thing is for you to do it.

Does everyone have the same feeling like that? I don’t know…

At the same time, if a high-performing person from IB or PE believes that this is the natural next step, that’s not good either.

It’s very personal. Why do you do this? For whom are you doing this? For yourself or for others? If for yourself, great. What if it hasn’t worked out as you planned? Pivot, find, and I’d even say, create a way, create a door. The front door is always crowded… What has helped me is taking a moment to really stop… and deliberately writing down what I got wrong. Not journaling about my feelings, not gratitude lists… but what did I predict that didn’t happen? What did I believe yesterday that turned out to be off? Where did I waste effort because my assumption was wrong? The reason I’ve chosen this is that it attacks the single biggest bottleneck.

Now, if all this LMM, $1-10M, $1-15M EBITDA is for any other reason, not for yourself… I don’t have an answer for this.

At the same time, no need to make it more complicated than it is. This path, the journey, this particular environment… with the intelligence, work-ethic, horsepower, honestly, likability, is there to grab and really to take. There are so many ways to generate alpha.

(Not all of these are my original thoughts, but everything I’ve heard from talking to 3-5 folks who buy $500k to $15m EBITDA businesses per day for years. Being obsessed with this game, they’ve said.)

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

powerful reminder on how to think about failure. listening to PTJ is like watching The Last Dance, ultimate competitors in their chosen craft. keep going mentality. loved his story on @InvestLikeBest around ripple effect one moment can have on your life (memphis grocery store as a kid). always gives praise and respect to the great Eli Tullis https://t.co/H4FEvd4FkR

[Сarm1ne @carm1nee]

Paul Tudor Jones was apprenticing for the greatest cotton trader in the world when he fell asleep at his desk: "I felt something under my chin. my eyes flooded open, and it was a spoon. I looked up and Mr. Tullis was right in my face - Paul, you're fired"

this is him explaining why he says he can still outwork anyone on Wall Street, the two kinds of failure every trader eventually meets, and the one he says you cannot prepare for

"my heart stopped beating in my chest. I literally thought - oh Lord, my existence has ended"

"I wasn't angry at him. he was 100% justified. I was angry at myself for being such an idiot"

"I would put my work ethic up against anybody on Wall Street today. I can outwork them - there's zero doubt in my mind"

"I shot five times, two were blocked, three barely hit the rim. the other team erupted because I had not scored. I ran into the bathroom crying, and two players from the other team came in and started making fun of me"

bookmark & watch the full conversation - then read the article below ↓

[Homepros @homeprosnews]

Ohio-based Wilson, Plumbing, Heating, Cooling, and Electric has joined Titan Trades Alliance, a newly formed home services platform, as the founding partner company, according to a Monday morning announcement.

"Titan does not operate as a traditional private equity firm," the news release notes, "but rather as an alliance of like-minded owner-operators."

Listed as a co-founder of Titan is Jordan Dubin, who co-founded Guild Garage Group.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@MikeCalcara @zachary_ashburn Southern burger, house chips…check pls

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@sourcesandmuses Turf bits made from recycled tires

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@CPDDOUGH @homeprosnews All eyes to Guild earlier this year

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@sourcesandmuses @Elialbrecht Congrats on the close.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@OneManLBO Used to feel similar re Generational emails. Have to admire Benchmark genz analysts call / voicemail frequency.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@TheDealMakerGuy @PrivatEquityGuy Pretty awesome when a partnership comes together, a capital allocator and an operator. Amazing outcomes can happen.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@wraithbrokerage Good chatting with you this morning!

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@BuySellSMB Relationship building, yes

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@Griffin_Horter What was the timeframe studied?

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

admire @A_LastingLegacy for sharing his story. we don't hear enough how truly difficult the journey is emotionally / mentally not only on ourselves (the eta), but for families and loved ones that continue to support the dream...thank them more often for that support.

[PrivateEquityGuy (Mikk Markus) @PrivatEquityGuy]

When your back is up against the wall, your family is depending on you, what do you do? Trust your gut, make hard choices and keep pushing forward.

Nathan did a huge favor to folks buying and operating businesses by coming on the pod and sharing all the details of what he did and how he came out the other side to tremendous success.

[Dealflow Guy @dealflow_guy]

Understanding more of the history of PE and knowing a few of the players helps immensely looking forward.

I can see a future where the capital keeps outpacing the supply of good businesses.

Returns keep going down. Exits stall. Things eventually reset, but rates keep massive returns muted.

And if that’s the case, the alpha will be in providing liquidity on the tail end of the fund cycle.

I really do think the next big money will be made in secondaries.

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

Auction process, simplistically could say he who is willing to pay the highest price…you know how the saying goes. Platform in space where buy down multiple, etc possible? Again, who has the edge and right to win. An ind spon raising on deal by deal, believe mr mkt to be pretty discerning with what pencils and what doesn’t…all a challenge when hour glass is turned over on LOI / exclusivity period

[Bootstrap Buyout @BootstrapBuyout]

@HighyieldHarry @peterjhasson 💯