Navigating Business Growth: Incubation vs. Acquisition

Today Greg is joined by Michael Girdley--who's spent the last 30 years building a $100M+ holding company. In this episode, Greg and Michael talk about whether holding companies should take sexy VC money and how to be a decades-long player in a world of base hitters. 

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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - Intro
4:32 - Finding great businesses to buy
7:22 - Does Michael think Greg made a mistake by turning down $30M?
15:15 - Do this one thing before making a big decision
25:27 - Scalepath, EverthingMarketplaces.com, Reforge and other companies doing communities right
33:15 - The story behind Alamo Fireworks
44:58 - How Michael Girdley is playing the long game