The Toolkit

Buying a company is one of the most expensive purchases possible. Investment bankers facilitate the buying and selling of companies and related financing. This episode focuses on the process of advising companies and investment firms to help the buying go smoothly.

Doug Lovette is the founder and Managing Director of Third Coast Capital Advisors, a firm that helps private equity groups and companies develop a strategy to grow by buying other companies. Once the strategy is developed, Doug and his team find companies to buy, secure the interest of business owners and manage all sides throughout the process.

This episode is relevant to anyone looking to buy a company, sell their family business or manage a very important relationship.

Edward Peter Stringham is the Davis Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation at Trinity College. He has extensively studied self-regulation and enforcement among private groups or individuals that fill a void that government enforcement cannot. In this episode, we explore the history of stock exchanges and the consequences of regulation through the lens of the burgeoning crypto ecosystem. 

Cortec Group Co-President Dave Schnadig joined to discuss what he's learned from running an operationally intensive Private Equity firm.

At Cortec he has nurtured the development of companies like Chauvet, Groundworks, and YETI where they turned a $67 million investment into $3.3 billion during Dave's 7-year term as Chairman.

They are now investing out of their 7th fund, which is $2.1B.

In this episode we talked about:

• Identifying good companies to buy
• Developing a firm
• The two biggest areas where founders underinvest

House music DJ & producer Carlos Cid (known as CID), joined me to talk about sustaining a career in music, starting his new label, and the steps required to be able to perform music in front of crowds around the world. CID is an incredible producer who has put out songs with Kaskade, Don Diablo, Loud Luxury and official remixes for Diplo, Lizzo an Ellie Goulding. He has over 100 million plays on Spotify and his songs are frequently featured on top playlists and radio shows. His music does very well commercially, but he also embraces a more underground sound for some of his touring, playing top house music clubs in addition to his circuit of larger festivals. 

In the episode CID talks about:

• Making his grammy nominated remix of "Audio"
• Balancing producing music and performing as a DJ
• Launching his label "Night Service Only"
• The importance of the right management team
• Building your own fan base in the era of Spotify
• Landing a weekly Sirius XM radio show and how he puts his episodes together
• Relationships drive success in music

CID’s beginnings on Will Joy’s Podcast: