
The Buyers and Builders podcast with PrivateEquityGuy is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about holding companies, buying and building businesses, entrepreneurship, investing, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode!
| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 240 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessInvestingEntrepreneurship | |||

In this episode, Robert Irving of Buffalo Growth Partners shares what he learned from building a fire protection business from zero to $20M in revenue, selling it to private equity, rolling equity, and then helping execute a 137-company rollup.
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Simon Plummer is the co-founder of Arbor Permanent Owners, a holding company built for long-term ownership.
In this episode, Simon drawing on his experience acquiring and operating three founder-led SMEs, he shares a practical playbook for the first... more
Why networks are one of the most underrated advantages in the lower middle market, and how to build them.
We explore how trust, introductions, persistence, and long-term generosity can create better deal flow, stronger relationships, and a real comp... more
In this episode, I sit down with P.V. Ramanathan, or Ram, to unpack the story of how he helped lead a management buyout of a struggling cathodic protection business in 2003 and turned it into Corrosion Technology Services ( ctscp.com/ ). Hims... more
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Mikk interviews some really interesting players in the M&A and PE space!
Wow - cracking content. Real examples. The kind of stuff you would ask your rich uncle if you had one. Keep up the great work.
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This showScreen focuses on holding companies, entrepreneurship through acquisition, and operator-led investing in lower-middle market opportunities. Across episodes, the conversations center on deal sourcing, acquisition strategies, value creation through hands-on management, and the evolving private equity landscape, with heavy emphasis on niche markets, platform-building, and long-horizon capital. Guests tend to be founders, operators, and investors who advocate disciplined capital allocation, frugality, and relationship-driven deal flow. A recurring strength is pulling practical, real-world insights from people actively buying and scaling businesses, often tying discussions to founder-led portfolios, regional markets, and evergreen holdc... more
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Recent guests on Buyers and Builders include:
1. Robert Irving
2. Simon Plummer
3. P. V. Ramanathan
4. Dan Lifshits
5. Lacey Wismer
6. Eric Wiklendt
7. Kaido Veske
8. Travis Jamison
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