Latest Permanentcapital Podcast Episodes
Anand Sanwal - Developing Insurgent CEO Instincts - Ep.230
Think Like an Owner - July 02, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.230: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Anand Sanwal (@anandsanwal). My guest today is Anand Sanwal, founder and former CEO of CB Insights, which provides data and intelligence on private markets, companies, and investors. Anand recently hired a new CEO for CB Insights and stepped into a chairm...
Brett Kelly - Building a Global Accounting Firm with Permanent Capital - Ep.228
Think Like an Owner - June 25, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.228: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Brett Kelly (@BrettKPG). My guest on this episode is Brett Kelly, founder and CEO of Kelly Partners, a publicly traded accounting, tax, and advisory firm with global ambitions and a roughly $350m market cap. Since 2006 they have done 80 acquisitions and d...
Dustin Seale - Lead Through Anything - Ep.227
Think Like an Owner - June 18, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.227: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Dustin Seal (@dustinseale). My guest today is Dustin Seale, co-author of Lead Through Anything alongside Ed Manfre and managing partner at executive search and leadership firm, Heidrick & Struggles. Dustin has spent his career working with high-performing...
A.J. Wasserstein - Living a Happier Life - Ep.226 [Replay]
Think Like an Owner - June 11, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.226: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by A.J. Wasserstein. My guest on this episode is A.J. Wasserstein. Early in his career, A.J. founded Archives One, a physical records management business he operated as CEO for 17 years before selling to Iron Mountain. He then acquired One Source Water, whic...
Anthony Bramante - Modernizing Municipal Control Systems at In Control - Ep.225
Think Like an Owner - June 04, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.225: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Anthony Bramante (@AnthonyBramante). My guest today is Anthony Bramante who leads In Control, an automation control systems integrator primarily serving water and wastewater facilities at small and medium-sized towns across the Northern Midwest. Control sy...
Godard Abel - Riding Enterprise Software Wave at G2 - Ep.224
Think Like an Owner - May 28, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp. 224: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Godard Abel (@GodardAbel). My guest is Godard Abel, founder and CEO of G2, an enterprise software marketplace that helps software buyers find the right software for their companies and key problems. G2 is the third company he has led as CEO, the first two...
Rick Torres - Revolutionizing Digital Pathology at Applikate - Ep.223
Think Like an Owner - May 21, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp. 223: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Rick Torres (@rick-torres). My guest on this episode is Rick Torres, CEO and co-founder of Applikate Technologies, a digital pathology hardware and software business with a device that can examine tissue many multiples faster than traditional physical sli...
Dan Cremons - Winning Moves in Private Equity - Ep.222
Think Like an Owner - May 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp. 222: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Dan Cremons (@DanCremons). My guest today is Dan Cremons, author of Winning Moves, 105 Proven Ways to Create Value in Private Equity-Backed Companies, and founder of Accelera Partners where he focuses on helping private equity groups unlock people-powered...
Moises Eilemberg - Building in Life Science Asset Monitoring - Ep.221
Think Like an Owner - April 30, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.221: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Moises Eilemberg (@Meilemberg). My guest is Moises Eilemberg, CEO of XiltriX, a 24-7 life science asset monitoring business that started 5 years ago with 36 employees today and growing swiftly. Moises is unique in that this is his second time as a CEO, hi...
Tom Klein - Pre-Close M&A Value Creation Playbook Ep.220
Think Like an Owner - April 23, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsMy guest today is Tom Klein, former Morningside Co-CEO alongside recent podcast guest Roland Lessard. This episode with Tom acts as a part two pairing with our February episode with Roland where we talked about M&A value creation after close. Tom and I today discuss M&A value creation largely pre...
Craig Fuller - On The Intersection of Media and Data [Replay] Ep.219
Think Like an Owner - April 16, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsThe intersection of media and data has been the top idea on my mind for quite some time now. And my guest today, Craig Fuller, runs one of the best modern examples of this concept in action. FreightWaves, founded in 2016, is a media and data company focused on trucking, freight, supply chains, an...
Henry Schuck - Creating Ambitious Teams at ZoomInfo - EP.218
Think Like an Owner - April 09, 2024 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp. 218: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Henry Schuck (@HenryLSchuck). My guest today is Henry Schuck, founder and CEO at ZoomInfo, one of the most successful data businesses in recent times with a market cap today around $12B. I’ve been looking forward to this podcast for a long time because ...
Mike Stone - Growing a $1B+ Painting Company - Ep.217
Think Like an Owner - April 02, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.217: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Mike Stone (@michael-stone). My guest today is Mike Stone, CEO of CertaPro Painters, the largest painting company in North America structured as a franchise with 370 owners across 500 territories and over $700m in revenue. Their goal is to become a $1B co...
Ayman Al-Abdullah - How Companies Scale to $100M and Beyond - Ep.215
Think Like an Owner - March 26, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.215: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Ayman Al-Abdullah (@aymanalabdul). My guest today is Ayman Al-Abdullah, former CEO of Appsumo and now executive coach to other ambitious CEOs looking to scale 7 and 8-figure businesses past $100m, Ayman’s specialty. I love learning from CEOs who’ve made th...
Dennis Dresser - High Performing SaaS Sales Orgs - Ep.214
Think Like an Owner - March 12, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.214: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Dennis Dresser (@DennisDresser). My guest today is Dennis Dresser. Dennis was a sales leader at IBM and Oracle and became CRO at Anaplan and Dialpad before taking on an advisory role with companies looking to develop best-in-class sales organizations. Thr...
Transforming Data at Coalesce - Armon Petrossian - Ep.213
Think Like an Owner - March 05, 2024 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.213: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Armon Petrossian (@ArmonPetrossian). My guest today is Armon Petrossian, co-founder and CEO of data transformation company Coalesce, built on Snowflake’s ecosystem. Armon and I kick off talking about his time in China and learning Mandarin in undergrad, an...
Sieva Kozinsky - Long-Term Thinking is an Advantage - Ep.212 [TLAO Replay]
Think Like an Owner - February 27, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.212: Alex Bridgeman (@aebridgeman) is joined by Sieva Kozinsky (@sievakozinsky). My guest on this episode is Sieva Kozinsky, co-founder of Enduring Ventures, a holding company founded in 2019 with 17 acquisitions to date. Sieva and I met at a dinner following the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in ...
Eric Jorgenson - The Power of Writing Books - Ep.211
Think Like an Owner - February 20, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.211: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Eric Jorgenson (@EricJorgenson). My guest on this episode is Eric Jorgenson. Eric became a close friend while my wife and I lived in Omaha. I love the energy and enthusiasm he brings to whatever he’s doing, whether it’s investing in tech startups, writing ...
Studying CEO's, Data Businesses, and Chief of Staff Roles - Alex Bridgeman and Chris Powers Ep,210
Think Like an Owner - February 13, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsThis week, we are running the episode I did with Chris Powers on the Fort podcast where I was a guest on that show, and in this episode, we talked all about my background, my interest in data, the podcast, and all kinds of other things that kinds of weird theories I have about restaurants too nea...
Roland Lessard - The M&A Value Creation Playbook - Ep.209
Think Like an Owner - February 06, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsMy guest on this episode is Roland Lessard, former Co-CEO of Morningside with his partner Tom Klein, a language translation services business that served over 4,000 clients in 55 countries. A core piece of their thesis revolved around M&A, and Tom and Roland through that experience acquired deep ...
[Re-Run] Richard Reese - Designing Incentives at Iron Mountain - Ep.208
Think Like an Owner - January 30, 2024 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsMy guest on this episode is Richard Reese. Richard took over as CEO of Iron Mountain, a physical records management business, in 1981. He ran the business as CEO through going public in 1996 before retiring from the role in 2013. Revenue over that period grew from around $3 million in 1981 to $3 ...
Savneet Singh - Leading a Public Turnaround at PAR Technology - Ep.207
Think Like an Owner - January 23, 2024 11:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.207: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Savneet Singh (@SavneetS). My guest today is Savneet Signh, CEO of PAR Technology, a billion-dollar market cap publicly traded point of sale software business serving the restaurant industry. I’ve been following Savneet’s career since college when he went ...
Tim Strickland - High Performing CROs and Designing Great Sales Orgs - Ep.206
Think Like an Owner - January 16, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.206: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Tim Strickland (@Tim-Strickland). My guest today is Tim Strickland, former Chief Revenue Officer of ZoomInfo and now an advisory partner at Summit Partners. Tim led during a massive growth period for ZoomInfo and had to learn how to rapidly scale sales tea...
Mike Wyman - The CFO Role in Search Funds - Ep.205
Think Like an Owner - January 09, 2024 11:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.205: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Mike Wyman (@michael-k-wyman). My guest today, Mike Wyman, brings over 30 years of experience in various CFO roles to this episode where we dive into the CFO role, especially in newly acquired businesses with limited financial infrastructure. Today Mike ad...
Mike Zani - The Science of Transformative Teams - Ep.204
Think Like an Owner - January 02, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.204: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Mike Zani (@MikeZani). My guest today is Mike Zani, CEO of The Predictive Index, a talent optimization platform built around their nearly 70-year-old behavioral assessment tool. Today they help companies optimize their teams by identifying the key strength...
[Re-Run] David Dodson - The Manager's Handbook - Ep.203
Think Like an Owner - December 26, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.203: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by David Dodson (@Dave-Dodson). Today’s episode is a re-run of my conversation with David Dodson, an investor, professor, former CEO, and author of one of my new favorite management books, The Manager’s Handbook. We talk about the strategies and tactics he’s ...
Scott Barstow - Keys to High Performing Product Teams - Ep.202
Think Like an Owner - December 19, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.202: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Scott Barstow (@ScottBarstow). My guest today is Scott Barstow. Scott has founded and led tech companies and teams throughout his career. He now supports the Pacific Lake portfolio as an operating partner focused on building great software product and engi...
Gary Walter Jr - Scaling and Selling a Family Run Data Business - Ep.201
Think Like an Owner - December 12, 2023 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.201: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Gary Walter Jr. (@GaryWalter). My guest on this episode is Gary Walter, Jr, who took over running Infutor, a consumer identity data business, as CEO after his father passed. Infutor took on investment from Norwest Venture Partners and experienced rapid gro...
Justin Mazeka Vogt - Compounding, Leverage, and Thinking Bigger - Ep.200
Think Like an Owner - December 05, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsThis is my 200th episode of Think Like an Owner, and for this special episode I’ve invited my good friend Justin Mazeka Vogt on for the honors. Justin and his business partner Ed Redden were among the very first to reach out to me when I first started the podcast 5 years ago. We’ve discussed this...
Ann Rhoades - Building Values Driven Cultures That Outperform - EP.199
Think Like an Owner - November 28, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 98 ratingsEp.199: Alex (@aebridgeman) is joined by Ann Rhoades (@Ann_Rhoades). I’m thrilled to share my episode today with Ann Rhoades on building values-driven cultures that drive outperformance. Ann was the VP of People at Southwest Airlines with founder Herb Kelleher and was a founding executive as VP ...
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