![]() They say, “Hey, I listened to an interview with you, and what you’re doing resonates with me and I’d love to talk.” Just like Berkshire, we don’t want to be participating in some competitive bid process and dealing with bankers. But a lot of the time we find the best deals come from people who have heard our story on a podcast like this, or an article, or followed me on Twitter. There’s a few businesses I can think of where they were just so exceptional, that we had to Dennis the Menace the founder and bug them. How do you track down the businesses? How do you find the businesses that you’re looking for?įor a while, we used to reach out to people all the time, and occasionally something will catch our eye and we’ll… It’s like you’re walking down the street and you see the most beautiful woman in the world, and you have to go chase her down and say hello. We try to be great foster parents to wonderful businesses. We’re not setting out to flip them or financial engineer them or anything else. When we acquire a company, we keep the staff in place, we keep the culture in place and all the operating rhythms, and we hold the business for the long-term. We do deals in 15 to 30 days, just like Berkshire Hathaway. The reason they sell to us over private equity is we keep it very, very simple. It’s people who have been in the business for five to 10 years, and they’re looking to go off and do their next thing or retire. We find simple, boring, predictable internet businesses, and we generally buy them from founders. We’re not buying startups, we’re not buying drones, VR, AR, Bitcoin. We buy profitable internet businesses that have generally stood the test of time. Tiny is a holding company for wonderful internet businesses. Tiny – The Holding Company For Wonderful Internet Businesses All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own, and do not reflect the opinions of Acquirers Funds or affiliates. For regulatory reasons he will not discuss any of the Acquirers Funds on this podcast. Tobias Carlisle is the founder and principal of Acquirers Funds. We’re going to be talking right after this. ![]() Andrew and I have known each other for quite a long time. He’s building the Berkshire Hathaway of the internet. My very special guest today is Andrew Wilkinson. You can also listen to the podcast on your favorite podcast platforms here: You can find out more about Tobias’ podcast here – The Acquirers Podcast. Howard Stern is Getting Ripped Off (Andrew Wilkinson) How To Do Qualitative Analysis In Cyberspace.There’ll Be A Lot Of Opportunities To Restructure Venture Business In The Next 6-12 Months.The Starting Point For Buying Good Businesses Is The Price.Synergizing Businesses Is Intoxicating But It Rarely Works.How To Hire And Incentivize CEO’s To Run Companies.The Best Companies To Buy Are ‘New Zealand’ Type Businesses.Tiny – The Holding Company For Wonderful Internet Businesses.During the interview Andrew provided some great insights into: In this episode of The Acquirer’s Podcast Tobias chats with Andrew Wilkinson, co-founder of Tiny, which is a holding company for wonderful internet businesses. ![]()
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