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Suggest questionJon Stoddard talks to Michael Girdley, Chairman Girdley Enterprises , Chairman Jungledisk a Backup/Restore for MSP Cybersecurity, Chairman & Founder of Dura Software a collection of 10 super niche software companies. Partner & Co-Founder of Dry Line Partners - a investment firm. Partner & Founder of Geekdom a venture fund. Chair and Cofounder of Effectual Ventures a venture studio. Cofounder of Red Runner Coffee. Cofounder at HireWithNear a marketplace for Latem Talent. Chair & Cofounder of Codeup a coding bootcamp and Chair of Alamo FireworksÂ
Show Notes:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:52) - Fireworks was gateway drugÂ
(02:00) - Dumb money in SF real estate
(02:35) - Incubate or Acquire "when assets are expensive make...."
(03:30) - How does he find his software niche companies - serial acquirer?
(04:47) - Revenue on 1st acquisition & ebidta & deal stack
(12:09) - Spirit Animal Mark Leonard Constellation Software
(15:49) - hiring firing CEOs
(17:15) - CEO peer group
(20:25) - dinner talk in entrepreneurial family
(22:30) - KPI's for Chairman
(25:37) - How CEOs coach the chairman
(27:47) - decade long plan
(28:44) - coffee
(31:16) - advice to son or daughter
(34:55) - some of best advice ever received
Links:
girdley.com
www.acquanon.com the Acquisition Anonymous Podcast
twitter.com/...
Valuation tool www.dura.software/...
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A podcast where we talk to the "Top M&A Entrepreneurs" active today to ask them about their process, where and how they source their deals, their journey, what they had to overcome, obstacles, Industries they work in, how they analyze deals, valuations, and pricing, negotiating the deal, due diligence, transition planning and closing. Our guests have acquired over 500 businesses and over $53 Billion in Value!
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Jon talks to the "Top M&A Entrepreneurs". Our guests have acquired over 600 businesses and over $52 Billion in Value!
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