How Holdco Legend Michael Girdley is Playing Multi-Decade Games (and Winning)

Synopsis

Michael Girdley (30-year operator, $100M+ holding company) joins Greg on multi-decade holding-company strategy: finding great businesses to buy, whether sexy VC money is worth it for holdcos, doing one big thing before making a decision, the communities built by Scalepath / EverythingMarketplaces.com / Reforge, and the story behind Alamo Fireworks. He argues for being a decades-long player in a world of base hitters.

Ideas in this episode

• Buy-and-build holding company

  Video covers How Holdco Legend Michael Girdley is Playing Multi-Decade Games (and Winning).

• Small business acquisition (no experience required)