Buyers and Builders
by PrivateEquityGuy
Is this your podcast?PrivateEquityGuy is an independent podcast creator known for his expertise in private equity and business investing. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the Buyers and Builders podcast, engaging listeners with insights drawn from his experie…
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Audience Interest
- business strategies and insights
- entrepreneurship and startups
Podcast Focus
- conversations on holding companies
- buying and building businesses
Publishing Consistency
- active for 2 years
- weekly episode cadence
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- platforms not detected yet
- unknown follower count
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 14 chart positions in 14 markets.
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- 🇦🇺AU · Entrepreneurship#7130K to 100K
- 🇳🇴NO · Entrepreneurship#3310K to 30K
- 🇦🇪AE · Entrepreneurship#903K to 10K
- 🇳🇬NG · Entrepreneurship#953K to 10K
- 🇮🇱IL · Entrepreneurship#1003K to 10K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
16K to 56K🎙 Daily cadence·163 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
54K to 187K🇦🇺53%🇳🇴16%🇦🇪5%+11 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
21K to 75K11K real followers tracked across platforms
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Recent episodes
13 Acquisitions and Why Permanent Capital Beats Private Equity | Chris Rolls of PieLab Capital
Jun 24, 2026
48m 38s
A $6.5M Estimate in 23 Minutes: How AI Is Rewiring SMBs | David Flickinger Interview
Jun 15, 2026
50m 38s
90+ Acquisitions, 30% Revenue CAGR, 35% Book Value Growth | Brett Kelly Interview
Jun 7, 2026
46m 56s
How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $120M HoldCo | Andrea Allegrini of Lindbergh
May 22, 2026
50m 44s
How We Bought 160 Businesses and Built a $1.5B HoldCo at 33 and 35 | Ramsey Sahyoun of Evergreen
May 13, 2026
58m 11s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/24/26 |  13 Acquisitions and Why Permanent Capital Beats Private Equity | Chris Rolls of PieLab Capital | Chris Rolls is the founder of PieLAB Capital, a holding company with nine portfolio companies built through 13 acquisitions. After building and selling multiple businesses, Chris entered private equity to learn the investing side of the game. But he eventually became convinced that the traditional PE model forces investors to sell their best businesses too early. That realization led him to build a permanent capital holding company inspired by Berkshire Hathaway, Constellation Software, Tran... | 48m 38s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 |  A $6.5M Estimate in 23 Minutes: How AI Is Rewiring SMBs | David Flickinger Interview | In this episode, David Flickinger, founder of Vellm.ai, joins Mikk Markus to explain how his journey from Marine Corps officer to AI implementation shaped his perspective on technology, and how business owners, private equity professionals, search fund operators, and CEOs can move beyond using Claude and ChatGPT as a simple productivity tool and begin building AI infrastructure that creates real enterprise value. Drawing on years of experience deploying AI solutions inside operating companie... | 50m 38s | ||||||
| 6/7/26 |  90+ Acquisitions, 30% Revenue CAGR, 35% Book Value Growth | Brett Kelly Interview✨ | acquisitionsbusiness growth+3 | Brett Kelly | Kelly Partners Group | — | Brett KellyKelly Partners Group+3 | — | 46m 56s | |
| 5/22/26 |  How We Bought 14 Businesses and Built a $120M HoldCo | Andrea Allegrini of Lindbergh✨ | acquisitionHVAC market+3 | Andrea Allegrini | Lindbergh | ItalyEurope+1 | acquisitionLindbergh+4 | — | 50m 44s | |
| 5/13/26 |  How We Bought 160 Businesses and Built a $1.5B HoldCo at 33 and 35 | Ramsey Sahyoun of Evergreen✨ | acquisitionsprivate equity+3 | Ramsey Sahyoun | EvergreenBerkshire+1 | — | Evergreenacquisitions+5 | — | 58m 11s | |
| 5/7/26 |  35+ Acquisitions, $1.3B Exit and Backing 80+ Searchers | Mark Sinatra of ETA Equity✨ | search fundsbusiness acquisition+3 | Mark Sinatra | ETA EquityStaff One HR+2 | — | search fundbusiness acquisition+5 | — | 1h 06m 03s | |
| 4/27/26 |  What 137 Acquisitions Taught Me About Operational Excellence | Robert Irving Interview✨ | operational excellenceprivate equity+3 | Robert Irving | Buffalo Growth Partnersprivate equity | — | acquisitionsoperational excellence+3 | — | 51m 11s | |
| 4/18/26 |  Buying Three Founder-Led SMEs: Lessons from the Trenches | Simon Plummer Interview✨ | SME acquisitionfounder-led businesses+3 | Simon Plummer | Arbor Permanent Owners | — | SMEacquisition+3 | — | 59m 09s | |
| 4/12/26 |  The Buffett-Munger Introduction That Changed Everything✨ | networkslower middle market+5 | — | Prime Macaya Capital Management | — | networkslower middle market+5 | — | 25m 04s | |
| 4/5/26 |  From Management Buyout to Fund of Funds | P. V. Ramanathan (Ram) Interview✨ | management buyoutfund of funds+3 | P.V. Ramanathan | Corrosion Technology Services | Dubai | management buyoutCorrosion Technology Services+3 | — | 1h 13m 36s | |
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| 3/28/26 |  9 Add-Ons in 24 Months | Dan Lifshits of Dwelly Interview✨ | AI-enabled roll-upbuy-and-build strategy+3 | Dan Lifshits | Dwelly | UKlettings market | Dwellyacquisitions+6 | — | 34m 28s | |
| 3/24/26 |  How We Built IDUN Industrier: 20 Acquisitions and 60x+ P/E Ratio✨ | acquisitionsvaluation+3 | — | IDUN Industrier | Sweden | IDUN Industrieracquisitions+3 | — | 20m 01s | |
| 3/21/26 |  What 100+ Investments Taught Me About Great Acquirers | Lacey Wismer Interview✨ | investingsearch funds+3 | Lacey Wismer | Hunter Search CapitalPrivatEquityGuy+1 | — | investmentsacquirers+3 | — | 58m 04s | |
| 3/17/26 |  A Serial Acquirer Masterclass and The Story Of 47 Acquisitions Per Year✨ | serial acquirersbusiness models+4 | — | Evergreen Servi | — | serial acquirersacquisitions+5 | — | 36m 34s | |
| 3/10/26 |  38 Acquisitions Generating $2 Billion in Revenue | Eric Wiklendt Interview✨ | private equityinvestments+3 | Eric Wiklendt | Speyside Equity | — | private equityinvestments+5 | — | 1h 11m 26s | |
| 3/3/26 |  How I Left PE and Bought 16 Companies | Kaido Veske Interview✨ | private equityentrepreneurship+3 | Kaido Veske | Livonia PartnersWharton | EuropeUS | private equityfund management+4 | — | 55m 36s | |
| 2/27/26 |  10 Acquisitions in 24 Months, No Fund | Travis Jamison Interview | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Travis Jamison of CapitalPad ( https://capitalpad.com/ ) about building a deal-by-deal investing platform that’s already powered 10 acquisitions, with some deals projected to have an IRR of 25% or more. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:36 Why CapitalPad exists 3:08 Platform walkthrough 5:22 Lessons from the first 10 deals 7:16 What a typical deal looks like 9:10 Vetting sponsors/searchers 12:44 Investor improvement and portfolio construction 1... | 19m 56s | ||||||
| 2/22/26 |  Why This Operator Won’t Raise a Fund (17 Companies, 9 Exits) | Vic Keller | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Vic Keller of Experience Ventures ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickeller/ ) about building 17 companies over two decades with 9 exits, having businesses acquired by Berkshire Hathaway, and his operator-first approach to building durable, people-driven companies - including a vertically integrated car wash platform spanning manufacturing, chemistry, and service/maintenance. 0:00 Deal-by-Deal vs Fund Life 3:48 Operator Mindset in the Low... | 1h 12m 53s | ||||||
| 2/18/26 |  Off-Market Deal Flow for $2M-$200M Founder-Led Companies | Operators, independent sponsors, searchers, and lower middle market investors: this episode is about building repeatable deal flow in the $2-15M EBITDA range by making opportunities, talent, and capital come to you. You’ll learn “relationship compounding” through two lenses: Larry Gagosian - the billionaire art dealer who engineers environments where influential people want to be (all in service of one goal: selling more art) - and TheRealEstateG6 ( https://x.com/TheRealEstateG6 ) on X, whos... | 38m 47s | ||||||
| 2/13/26 |  5 Acquisitions in 24 Months: How I Got 60-70% Seller Financing | Millen Rastogi Interview | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Millen Rastogi of UniversaCare ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/millenrastogi/ ) about leaving his analyst role at Deutsche Bank to build a healthcare roll-up and acquire five companies. Show notes: 0:00 Millen Rastogi 1:05 From Deutsche Bank to home care 4:30 Walking into a mess 13:26 Funding the early years 19:54 Growth numbers + COVID hit 23:02 Margins and revenue 25:50 Building the platform to buy 27:17 First acquisition 30:56 Seller f... | 1h 22m 23s | ||||||
| 2/7/26 |  How I Left PE to Buy Three Businesses in 90 Days | Reza Jafer Interview | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Reza Jafer of Second Bite Capital ( https://x.com/rezajafer ) about how he left private equity to acquire three companies in three months. Show notes: 0:00 Independent sponsor jump 3:38 Origin story 8:04 First acquisition 10:15 The motor coach platform 14:36 Deal #1 terms 18:46 Early wins 26:22 Fundraising lesson 29:44 Deal #2 raise in chaos 35:17 Platform strategy 40:41 Endgame Sponsors: https://capitalpad.com/ - A deal-by-deal privat... | 43m 39s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  The Story of Bowles, Hollowell, Conner & Co | The lower middle market runs on trust and relationship building. In this episode, we explore Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co., the quiet Charlotte-based advisory firm that shaped how lower middle market M&A gets done. Before private equity was institutionalized asset class, BHC figured out how to turn founder-led businesses into transactions lenders could underwrite and capital could trust. This is a story about credibility over capital, why bad packaging can kill deals, and how prepar... | 25m 03s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 |  30 Add-Ons in 48 Months | Luis Reyes of IBV | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Luis Reyes of Iberian Ventures ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiz/ ) about how he has completed over 30 acquisitions in 4 years and is building a fire safety rollup in Europe. Snow notes: 0:00 From rural Mexico to more than 30 acquisitions 4:00 Buy-and-build thesis 6:45 Funding the first deals 11:55 The 100-day integration playbook 19:00 Using AI to scale operations and service quality 32:05 Deal sourcing at scale without spam 37:05 Man... | 56m 34s | ||||||
| 1/23/26 |  Search Fund Success Story: From $15M to $200M Through 7 Acquisitions | Mike Markus ( https://x.com/PrivatEquityGuy ) talks to Christa Glassburn about how she joined a search fund, acquired seven companies and scaled revenue from $15 million to $200 million. Snow notes: 0:00 Christa’s $15M to $200M scaling story 2:30 FBI operator lessons 3:37 Jump to a search fund and move to rural Virginia 11:51 First acquisition and integration learning curve 17:28 Culture reset and global expansion via acquisitions 20:05 Post acquisition playbook 23:08 7 total acquisitions a... | 57m 24s | ||||||
| 1/19/26 |  A $25 million LOI with a Ferrari 488 | This episode breaks down how Jeremy Giffon ( https://x.com/jeremygiffon ) thinks about special situations, forced sellers, and overlooked businesses, showing why the best investments come from understanding incentives, human behavior, and coordination problems rather than complex models or market timing. Show notes: 0:00 Special situations in the lower middle market 6:18 The perfect business is getting paid for your words and gaining access 9:44 Coordination problems and forced sellers creat... | 25m 48s | ||||||
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