Permanent Podcast: Real Talk About Private Equity and Buying, Selling, and Operating Small Businesses
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Permanent Podcast: Real Talk About Private Equity and Buying, Selling, and Operating Small Businesses
Small businesses don't stay small on purpose. And the marketplace for small to midsize businesses is messy. Listen in on conversations happening around the Permanent Equity house about private equity, investing, buying, selling, managing, & operating small businesses, and more. The first 40 episod...
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How to Do Diligence Confidently (Ep. 5)
Emily Holdman and David Cover walk through how to use the Diligence resources found at permanentequity.com and why we hope this project helps more sel...

Building Your Diligence Team (Do Diligence Confidently Ep. 4)
Diligence requires a team effort. In Episode 4 of Do Diligence Confidently: Navigating the Due Diligence Process to a Deal, Emily Holdman and Taylor H...

The Process: From First Call to Close (Do Diligence Confidently Ep. 3)
In Episode 3 of Do Diligence Confidnetly: Navigating the Due Diligence Process to a Deal, Emily Holdman and Tim Hanson explain what the process of ent...

Navigating Due Diligence to a Deal (Do Diligence Confidently Ep. 2)
Due diligence done right is about building relationships while building the deal. In Episode 2 of Do Diligence Confidnetly: Navigating the Due Diligen...

We've Open-Sourced Our Diligence Process (Do Diligence Confidently Ep. 1)
Due diligence is intense. But it doesn’t have to be mysterious or a gotcha game. In Episode 1 of Do Diligence Confidnetly: Navigating the Due Diligenc...

John Marsh: Understanding People - Outside Insights
John Marsh (Marsh Collective, Redemptification Podcast) cares deeply about people. It’s behind his obsession with restoring irreplaceable real estate...

Bill D'Alessandro: The Hard Thing(s) About HoldCos - Outside Insights
Why did one of the biggest holdco owners & operators sell his holdco? Bill D’Alessandro talks about what led to the decision to sell all but one of hi...

Brett Hagler: Building A New Story - Outside Insights
What would it look like to approach solving global homelessness with the same spirit of disruption & innovation as a cutting-edge tech start-up? Brett...

Permanent Equity's Hiring Playbook
What’s your hiring process? Kelie Morgan, Director of Talent Acquisition at Permanent Equity, shares the 8-step hiring playbook she developed to find...

Claire Hughes Johnson: Scaling People - Outside Insights
Claire Hughes Johnson (Google, Stripe) discusses her new book Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building. Claire talks about why she...

Coming Soon: Main Street Summit
The Permanent Podcast is moving to an every-other-week publishing schedule for the summer so check back next week for our conversation with Claire Hug...

Morgan Housel: The Psychology of Luck - Outside Insights
Morgan Housel (The Psychology of Money) joins Brent Beshore & David Cover to discuss how to build wealth, why people are mad at Morgan, and why most i...

The Investment Team Is Hiring
Permanent Equity is hiring for a new 2-year Analyst Program. Emily Holdman (MD) & Tim Hanson (Co-President & CIO) sit down with David Cover & Sarah Ge...

How to See Your Strengths
You have a unique set of strengths but you might not know what they are. Because we don’t recognize these "subconscious gifts" we don't know how to fl...

What's Your Brand? - The Last 5 Minute Management
Brent Beshore talks about the importance of how people experience your brand, your service, and your product in the final installment of 5 Minute Mana...

John Fio: Building a World One Hug at a Time - Outside Insights
John Fio (Gravity Blanket, Moon Pals) joins Brent Beshore & David Cover to talk about what it was like to work with Justin Bieber, the importance of f...

SVB Fallout: 3 Ways to Mitigate Your Banking Risk (#3 Will SHOCK You)
When you have money in the bank, you expect it to be there for your use. But the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and others that followed have highlig...

Edge Case Decisions - 5 Minute Management
You’re making too many business decisions based on edge cases. Mark Brooks explains why you should be wary of loud voices, your own assumptions, buddy...

Chris Powers: Real Meaning & Real Estate - Outside Insights
Chris Powers (Fort Capital) joins Brent Beshore & David Cover to talk about almost losing everything, what changed his life and business for the bette...

Managing In Crisis - "5 Minute" Management
Many business owners and operators are looking at 2023 with trepidation and it’s possible some will be managing in crisis. Mark Brooks shares his insi...

Anu Hariharan: You Can't Build With Managers - Outside Insights
Companies don’t stay small on purpose. So how can you scale faster? Anu Hariharan (Gusto, Instacart) discusses the growing pains of going from start-u...

How to Sell a Business in 2023
Is 2023 a good time to sell a business? What is the market for a sale looking like in 2023 compared to the last few years? How does that inform what m...

Get Better at Hiring - 5 Minute Management
How can you attract and retain top talent? What can small to medium size businesses learn from large companies? What challenges and opportunities lie...

Shane Parrish: Why Discipline Doesn't Matter - Outside Insights
Shane Parrish (The Knowledge Project & Farnam Street) explains why your New Year's resolutions won't last, the importance of ritual, and his most cost...

It's Not A Mid-Life Crisis: 2022 Annual Update
Permanent Equity has published our 2022 Annual Letter. This conversation with Brent Beshore, Tim Hanson, & Mark Brooks dives deeper into some of the t...

Helpful, Not Impressive: Permanent Approach
Permanent Approach - Mark Brooks & Tim Hanson talk with David Cover about how they try to be less impressive and more helpful. What does it mean to be...

Mistaking Red Flags for Red Carpets: The Trouble With Services For Smaller Businesses - Audio Essay
Audio Essay - There are thousands of service vendors ready to “solve your small business problems,” and most of them are awful. Small businesses are f...

Getting Stuff Done - 5 Minute Management
5 Minute Management with Mark Brooks. Odds are your To-Do List is full of great ideas. But the trick isn't just having great ideas, it's executing the...

Confessions of a Recovering Asshole
Your team may have an asshole problem. How can you fix it? Brent Beshore tells David how things had gotten so bad in the early days of Permanent Equit...

The Greatest Competitive Advantage - Audio Essay
Audio Essay: Everyone is looking for the key to sustained success: a lasting competitive advantage. But it’s our experience and our belief that there’...

No Asshole Policy - Audio Essay
Audio Essay: Permanent Equity has a strict No Asshole policy. But it might not mean what you think it means. Brent Beshore reads our updated essay.

There Is No Such Thing As Medium Risk - Audio Essay
Audio Essay: How to win big in a world where there is no medium risk.

Tactical Guide to Tough Conversations - Audio Essay
BONUS Audio Essay: Tough conversations are inevitable. Here are some tips for how to communicate more clearly to your team.

How to Fire Someone (with Care) - 5 Minute Management
Firing someone should never be easy, but you can get better at it. Mark Brooks shares how to fire someone with care in a new segment from Permanent Eq...

Rule #1: Permanent Approach
Brent & Mark sit down with David to discuss Rule #1 in the Permanent Equity Approach to stewarding companies that care what happens next. It's both es...

Build A Better Small Biz Budget - Audio Essay
Audio Essay: Your budget is going to be wrong. So now what? Don't blow up when you blow your budget.

Why Plans Don't Work Out - Audio Essay
Audio Essay: Plans fall apart. How to prepare for when things go sideways.

Growth Without Goals: Permanent Approach
Brent bares all! Well, sort of. David sits down with Permanent Equity founder & CEO Brent Beshore. What starts as a conversation about the Permanent A...

What Happens Next: Permanent Approach
Permanent Equity stewards companies that care what happens next. When it's time for an owner to start thinking about what happens next for their compa...

Cost Cutting During Covid-19
Permanent Equity Managing Directors Emily Holdman and Mark Brooks discuss an operator's framework -- fat, muscle, and bone -- for thinking through cos...