A different approach to Private Equity with Michael Arrieta

About this episode

Michael Arrieta discusses a long-term, people-first approach to private equity investment.

Guest: Michael Arietta Host: Alex Rawlings 🕒 Key Timestamps 00:00 – Intro Overview of Garden City Equity’s long-term, people-first model. 00:40 – Biggest PE Mistake Short-term thinking (IRR focus) limits investment in transformational initiatives like ERP, CRM, and AI. 01:37 – Long-Term Hold Strategy 30-year horizon allows compounding value without forced exits. 03:05 – Holding Company Model All investors share ownership across all assets—better alignment and flexibility. 05:55 – Leverag...

People in this episode

Host: Alex Rawlings

Guest: Michael Arrieta

Topics covered

• Private Equity
• long-term investment
• business strategy
• people-first model
• holding company model

Keywords

• Private Equity
• long-term hold
• investment strategy
• ERP
• CRM
• AI
• holding company model

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Garden City Equity

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