00:53:42 · Greg Geronemus
[00:53:42] S1: Yeah. Both were really compelling options. And I wouldn't say we... Dave and I, we didn't run to the operators... They're the investor seat because we were running away from operating. I think we would have been thrilled to do it again, and there were a lot of reasons to do that. But I think we found is in the two years when we were transitioning out of out of smarTours and letting the buyer take the reins, we started dabbling in search investing, initially just as a side hobby. And we just... We realized how much we enjoyed working with the next generation of super talented entrepreneurs. It... We were running to that, not running away from operating. We were just genuinely excited and motivated. And we felt like a we lot to add from our experience, a lot that we could share. And we also noticed that there were a lot of... As as great as the search ecosystem is, there were a lot of search investors that have become so spread thin with 80, 90, a 100 plus companies and at any given time and dozens and dozens of active searchers at any given time. And we felt like, you know what? We can bring... We can do this a bit differently. We can bring a more focused, a more engaged, you know, and if desired from the entrepreneurs, a more you know, value added and hands on approach to collaborating with searchers. And we just got really excited about that. And, you know, that was late nineteen, early twenty, and, you know, incredibly glad that we decided to do that because I think we've been able to to form some really incredible partnerships with the searchers that we've that we've linked arms with.
00:55:41 · Mikk, Greg Geronemus
[00:55:41] S0: Awesome. And for those listening first time, seeing you first time, where they can find more information or if they want to reach out to you directly? [00:55:50] S1: Yeah. Come to our website. There's a contact us little form you can fill out and that goes to our emails. And yeah, excited to connect with people pursuing traditional search, committed capital vehicles. Those are our two main areas of focus, spending a lot more time on these committed capital vehicles, holding company type structures, as we've seen a lot more migration in that direction. Just, yeah, excited to connect and help the next generation of folks, as I said. [00:56:25] S0: Awesome. Thanks again, Greg. We will definitely do another one in the near future and then covering the people you've backed and how they've But thanks again for doing this today. [00:56:37] S1: Thanks, Mikk.