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After success as a traditional searcher, Eric Calderon started building an industry-focused holding company in 2020.
Topics in Eric’s interview:
- Accepting investment from Rick and Royce
- Acquiring through traditional search
- Commitment to community banks
- Ups and downs of the oil and gas industry
- “You gotta tell your story to anyone who’s listening”
- Emotional challenges of downsizing
- Shared services vs. decentralization
- Recruiting patient capital for a long-term hold
- Why $1m SDE is the target size for holdco acquisitions
- Evolving from operator to investor
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Edited by Anton Rohozov
Produced by Pam Cameron
