Buyers and Builders
01:02:55 · Mikk, Mark Sinatra
[01:02:55] S0: to [01:02:55] S1: find those those folks, so, you know, they tend to to kinda, you know, get introduced or or reached out, you know, reach out to to to me, you know, just to connect. You know, from an outwardly facing perspective, you know, I enjoy doing lunch and learns, coffee chats, you know, making the rounds at at, you know, kind of different business schools, right, to to talk about my experiences and to connect with, you know, folks that are interested in doing this. But it's kind of nuts, you know, it makes sense though when you think about nowadays, it's very common for somebody to go to business school with the intent to pursue search afterwards. Right? So now when people are thinking about applying to business school and you know, their banking, private equity, or consulting, or or really any anything pre MBA, it's common where ETA and search is... They're... It's it's part of their application. Right? It's it's what they're thinking about post MBA, and, you know, like, that just was unheard of, you know, years ago. So it's really interesting times. I mean, it's it's, it's great to have all these resources out there to help the next wave of searchers be more successful, but at the same time, it's, you know, it's just increasingly competitive as well to, you know, to buy business.
01:04:39 · Mikk, Mark Sinatra
[01:04:39] S0: Mark, I really enjoyed the conversation. Thanks a lot for sharing in such a detail of the, I would say, early days of buying a business and going through the what is called like a real dark years. And seems like like it never ends. I've experienced that with with the company we are building. It's it's pretty rough. It's much better now, a lot better. So that's why I really wanted to ask about the specific questions like how you were able to survive this period, because mentally, physically, because if you don't recover, if you don't survive, there's not much left to build. So thanks again for sharing all the details of the journey and what you're building today. I I really enjoyed the conversation. [01:05:28] S1: Oh, thank thank you, Mikk. I did I did as well. Thank you. [01:05:31] S0: I hope you enjoyed this episode of Buyers and Builders. Please remember to subscribe wherever you're listening and leave a review. It really helps the show reach more buyers and operators. And if you already haven't, go back and listen to some of the other episodes of Buyers and Builders. This podcast is built for people who buy, build and hold great businesses long term. Every guest you hear on this show has real hard won experience acquiring and operating companies. And the goal is again very simple, to give you ideas you can actually use in your own journey.